"What I'm just getting tired a little bit is to get that target on my back all the time. I have never seen Daniil playing like this. I knew at the beginning that he was going to play aggressive, but how, the way he did it, surprised me a lot. He didn't even miss."
"I have been playing great tennis, and I just show the players and show the people that if they want to beat me, they have to play at their best level one hour and a half, two hours in every match. I have to see the good things about this loss."
"I'm not thinking about I need to win or I have to win. It's just about chasing my goals, chasing what I just set up before every tournament. That's my mindset."
Carlos Alcaraz's 16-match winning streak ended when Daniil Medvedev defeated him 6-3, 7-6(3) in the Indian Wells semi-finals. Alcaraz expressed fatigue from constantly having a target on his back as world No. 1 and was surprised by Medvedev's aggressive, error-free performance. Despite the loss, Alcaraz remained positive, noting that opponents must play at their best to beat him and that the loss demonstrates the level required to compete against him. He emphasized his focus is on pursuing his tournament goals rather than maintaining winning streaks, maintaining a goal-oriented mindset moving forward.
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