If on one side seniors’ emulation heightens hopes of winning the matches to juniors, playing the match against them remains a challenging contest undeniably. So, they are realising mixed sentiments during a match.
Recent examples of tennis players seemed to have substantiated this very reality to a larger extent. We have lately noticed how the 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz proves himself a fast learner in his opening match at Queen’s.
He dashed into the first grass court quarter-final of his tennis career with a whip-smart 6-2, 6-3 win over Jiri Lehecka.
Struggling to crack the peculiar cadences of lawn tennis in his opening matches he ably looked confident in his victory within 85 minutes. Here he accepted with his broader gut that his play improved a bit more by viewing the senior players’ videos.
While, on another hand, the seventh seed Holgar Rune had earlier demonstrated his nonetheless aggressive playing style on the clay court in Rome. He sent his senior rival Novak Djokovic to bemoan the end of his run for the semi-final in the professional Italian Open tournament.
Rune failed no words in praising Novak and ably said: “He’s one of the greatest to ever play the game, so I knew I had to be at my best. I’m super proud of myself and I enjoyed every moment out there.” Rune cleared the clay court match by uttering that it happened to be a big win for him.