2023-04-30 00:42:53
A cheerful young man, but serious on the track. That he has things clear when you have to give everything. this is how it is described James Munar (Santanyi, 1997) in his conversation with ABC Daily. She has been a professional tennis player since 2014. However, she still has a lot to offer and to conquer. If he beats the Italian Matteo Arnaldi today, 22 years old and 105 in the world, and who beat a whole Casper Ruud in the second round, he will agree for the first time to the eighth final of a Masters 1,000.
—How are your feelings about the tournament?
—It’s fantastic, I really enjoy being in Madrid, both on and off the track. At the level of the game I am comfortable, the conditions are ideal for my style and my abilities. In addition, all the support from the public is a kick.
– Do you appreciate the dedication of the stands?
—Of course, you always look forward to playing at home. During the year it is usually hard, you play with audiences that are against it and other times simply with nobody in favor, so feeling their encouragement helps a lot. All the people who are here are the ones who make me play tennis.
How do you manage to have the public against you?
It’s hard to get out of that environment. The coach always tells you that you shouldn’t be affected by what happens off the track, but it’s an impossible mission. I just try to make it affect me as little as possible, in the end it is something that is part of the game and you have to understand it that way.
—You face Arnaldi today, how are your nerves?
—More than nerves, it makes me especially excited because it is against a rival with whom I lost last week in Barcelona. I think our life as competitors is based on constant challenge, and there is no better challenge than having lost to a player and having another chance this week, I think that is the best thing in tennis. Just as it is very hard to lose, lose and lose; Having an opportunity right away is something very nice and I’m going to take advantage of it.
“Would you have preferred Casper Rudd?”
—It doesn’t matter to me, in the end in a game everyone plays very well, the circuit is very competitive and even and the options are fair with everyone.
—Any strategy for the game?
—I think that what is important is to be able to be more aggressive, to depend more on me and not on what he does. I think that’s what happened to me in Barcelona. I have always been a very defensive player and I am going to change that and go for everything and with enthusiasm.
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