Carlos Alcaraz: I couldn't control my emotions

Alcaraz appeared to be struggling physically as he was broken twice in the final set before finding a way to get into the quarter-final with a 6-4, 6-7(7), 7-5 win.

The match lasted three hours and 23 energy-sapping minutes and was played in searing heat on the hottest day in London of the year so far, with the Spaniard admitting in his press conference that he was struggling to contain his anger as he handed Munar a chance to win in the decisive set.

"Got the break in the third set, and then he broke my serve twice in a row," reflected Alcaraz.

"Yeah, that's where the frustration came from. Yeah, I'm not used to do it. Honestly, I used to control myself a little bit, my emotions.

"Today I couldn't, but I didn't give up. I just kept fighting, stayed there in the match the way that I could.

"Just happy that I got, you know, through in the end. But yeah, I got frustrated for that.

"I felt good during the whole match. I felt like I was playing great tennis from the baseline, but the serve was really disappointing.

"I mean, 52 percent, 53 percent, 50 percent in the three sets, something like that. So it was really disappointing that I got frustrated for that."

Those serving statistics were painful for Alcaraz to reflect on and yet once again, his second serve got him out of trouble time and again.

Munar had a big chance to beat his compatriot as he went 4-2 ahead in the third set, but Alcaraz's 15th straight win ensured he now has the best winning run of his entire career.

"The level that I'm playing lately, it's really high. I feel that. Yeah, I have a lot of confidence right now," said Alcaraz as he reflected on a winning run that started with his win at the Rome Masters and went on to include his epic French Open final win against Jannik Sinner.

"Obviously, this tournament is kind of getting experience, getting myself used to the grass again. But yeah, just really happy to get my longest winning streak of my career.

"Hopefully not gonna stop here (smiling). I'm gonna keep, like, want to keep winning. Yeah, that give me a lot of confidence. The wins give you confidence on that, so let's see what match I'm gonna stop."

Alcaraz will now face Arthur Rinderknech, who pushed him all the way to a deciding tie-break in their only previous meeting on grass at the Queen's Club two years ago.

"I remember it was my first match on grass that year. It was really tough. He could beat me that match," reflected Alcaraz. "It was really, really tight. I remember his chances.

"It helped me a lot coming with the next matches. As I said many times, as much time as you spend on the court, you know, for example on grass, at the beginning of the tournaments, much better, because you get more experience, you get more time just to know how to play on grass.

"It gave me great feedback to how to approach the next match, what I have to improve the next match.

"Arthur is a great player. He's playing great tennis lately. His game on grass is really dangerous, so I have to be really focused on the return, on the serve, and I have to be better, you know, on the things that I did wrong today."

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