Carlos Alcaraz has complained about the playing conditions following his Paris Masters exit.
Alcaraz was beaten by home crowd favourite Ugo Humbert in the round-of-16.
Speaking after the loss, he said: “I mean, it is very difficult to play in these conditions. For me, for my level, I try to change up as much as I can to this court, to this speed. I thought that it suits pretty well to my game, but it doesn’t.
“When I play against someone like Ugo that he doesn’t let you get rhythm into the match, he plays probably, every time at his 100%, really flat. So I couldn’t play good tennis.
“I practice at home but it isn’t the same court that I thought. So I didn’t surprise about my level, about my game, but I was surprised about everything a little bit.
“This court. I mean, I don’t want to say something that there is going to sounds an excuse. You know, first of all, Ugo deserves to win, that’s obvious,” explained the World No.2. “But it’s depend. Because I play, for example, the Davis Cup indoor court, and the court was way slower than this one.”
He added: “So, I mean, when I play the first match, you know, the stats came out that it is the fastest court in the Masters 1000, probably on the tour right now. This is crazy. I don’t know. Probably and the fastest one, you know, in the last ten years in this tournament.
“So I don’t know why they do it. I don’t know why they have changed a lot, you know, a court from other tournaments and obviously in the same tournament, you know, comparing to other years. So it surprise me a little bit, so I came here with not too many days. Probably I had to came, you know, earlier to get used to these conditions but I didn’t. But, you know, honestly all I can say is I don’t understand why they did it.”