“I don’t want to take anything away [from Alcaraz], and today obviously, even if I’m fresh, probably I would not beat Carlos, but definitely it would be a better match. At the end of the day, I think all of us have stayed up late, all of us maybe party sometimes, but if you’re staying up until 4am, the next day, you’re dead.
“Carlos is a great player. He’s the best in the world right now. But to be honest, I feel sad for the final that we played, because this could have been a very good match. This could have been a great match.
“But I had absolutely no chance today of being myself. I had absolutely no chance of playing my level. This is not the first time this is happening. In Acapulco I played until 5am, I was awake until 8.30am. This is happening on a weekly basis, and to be honest, I’m a little tired of it.”