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Miami Open                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> insisted he will not hit the panic button after he slumped to a shock defeat against Sebastian Korda at the Miami Open, as he stated his belief that players are now playing against him with \u2018nothing to lose\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz fought back from the brink of defeat against Korda, with the American losing his nerve as he served for the match at 5-4 in the second set, but an impressive Korda battled back from that disappointment and held his nerve to seal a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 victory in two hours, 19 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>World No 1 was quick to congratulate his opponent on his victory and admitted his serving power troubled him throughout the match, but he made some candid comments over the performances of his rivals after a surprise setback.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz suggested he was growing tired of playing with a target on his back after his defeat against Daniil Medvedev in the Indian Wells Masters earlier this month and now he has claimed players like Korda are playing at an elevated level against him as they feel they need to go for more to beat the player who completed the career Grand Slam by winning the Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played a great game and in a lot of tight moments, I didn\u2019t make it. I would say that is the key to the match, so congrats to him. He deserves it,\u201d stated Alcaraz.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-defeat-shock-miami-open-ranking\">Carlos Alcaraz shocker at Miami Open could have a huge impact on battle for world No 1 ranking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-warning-jannik-sinner-advice-rusedski\">Carlos Alcaraz gets some candid advice as he is told one area where Jannik Sinner is \u2018better\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t play a good point at a lot of the 30-alls, 40-alls, the advantages. At that moment, Sebby played some great points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke a little with my team and we spoke about what I did great and what I did good, but I am still in the right place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you are in that spot [world No 1] and you are winning tournaments, everything is easier with pressure for the opponents when they are playing against the best players in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like they have more to win than to lose and it feels like they are playing without pressure. That\u2019s how I feel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to play my best, but my opponents don\u2019t have the pressure that they have when they play against another player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked to expand on his point, Alcaraz added: \u201cIt\u2019s not really good, to be honest. It\u2019s a bit annoying, but you have to accept it and keep going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuckily, I have a lot of weapons on court, but I know that from now on, they [his opponents] are going to play like that and even though he was playing above his normal level, I was there. For the next matches, even if they play like that, I know I will have my chances.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Korda has been battling injury issues in recent months, so this victory meant even more to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels great,\u201d said Korda, as he beat a player ranked at No 1 in the world for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took the scenic route, that\u2019s for sure \u2013 a little more stress than I would want, but happy with how I played.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kept believing. I got myself in some nasty situations, but I kept going and played really well in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz confirmed he is now planning to head back to Spain and take some time away from tennis before returning to practice on clay courts ahead of the next phase of the tennis season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-drug-ban-world-no1-carlos-alcaraz-rankings\">Jannik Sinner admits Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s world No 1 ranking is in his sights with candid comments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz makes \u2018annoying\u2019 confession as he reacts to shock Miami Open defeat Kevin Palmer 22 Mar 2026 11:46 PM Carlos Alcaraz at the Miami Open Carlos Alcaraz insisted he will not hit the panic button after he slumped to a shock defeat against Sebastian Korda at the Miami Open, as he stated his belief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1840715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1840715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1840715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1840715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1840715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}