Alcaraz surprised himself with win over Rublev

An unwell Carlos Alcaraz said he was shocked with his own performance against Andrey Rublev at the ATP Finals

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00:00Considering you haven't felt 100% healthy, did you surprise yourself today?

00:05Yes, a lot. I surprised myself. The way that I played today from the baseline, with myself,

00:12I was really calm. I just tried to be focused on my game, on what I have to do and forget

00:18about that I'm not feeling well, I'm sick and all that stuff. Once you step on the court

00:24you have to forget everything. You're struggling outside the court and you try to put your

00:31focus on hitting a good forward, a good backhand, obviously make a good tactic against the opponent.

00:39I think I didn't play well so I surprised myself.