Almagro: "The Masters is a carrot I have there, but is far"

Nicolas Almagro, who this week played the tournament in Valencia, said play the Masters Cup in London would be a great coda to close the season, but said he will fight to get the classification, he acknowledged that is a bit far.

The Murcia currently holds the tenth position in the world ranking in both the Valencia tournament at the Masters 1000 Paris-Bercy played the option of finishing in the top eight, which gives the option to play the Masters Cup in London, where they have already classified the Spanish Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer. "The goal would end the year at best. I've been struggling a long time to be in the 'Top Ten' and I think that between now and the end of the year I can get. The Masters on a carrot in front I have there, by the I want to fight, but be aware that is a bit far, but I'll try to tie the best ranking at the end of the year here, "he said.

Almagro, who in the first round in Valencia debut against Argentina's Juan Monaco, said he was "very excited" to play this tournament, "the stage, which is incredible," and because "safe" going "to have this many people" supporting him "with all their forces," to see if the end may be in the Masters Cup. When approaching the end of the season, the player called this the "pretty good" and recalled that it had made a "land tour" which he calls "spectacular. Maybe I missed a little more at Roland Garros, but could not be. I managed to do well on fast track, with my best ranking in a Toronto Masters 1,000 in quarters. If not for the slip I had in two Grand Slams, I would have been a season to frame, "he said.

Almagro that after being trained in recent years by Jose Perlas, working since last week with Antonio Martínez Cascales, explained that this decision was made "for personal reasons. I needed to be closer to my surroundings, the people I have gotten into the tennis world, as are my parents, my family, my girlfriend and all the world that have been long away from them. I will try to form a team of significance for the next year, which is helping me to be, at least the same levels that I've been this year, "he said. "Every year I have been struggling to be among the best and every year I've gained a little more. This year has reached a goal that everyone wants, which is to be among the top ten of a sport as complex as is the tennis, and right now all I want is to enjoy and live the present, "he said.