Paris, April 6 -- The 2026 Monte-Carlo Masters, the first clay-court ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the season, has started and defending champion and World No.1 Carlos Alcarazcould not be more excited to get back on his most dominant surface.
"I started playing tennis on clay courts. I grew up playing on clay courts. I started playing at four and I just [didn't] touch a hard court until eight years old and I just touched it barely," Alcaraztold ATP Media.
"That's why I got the feeling of playing the clay season and when the clay season is over you haveto wait almost one year to play again. So it's a really long period of time, at least for me."The Spaniard has won 84.4 per cent of his matches on clay with only two other tennis players, R...