A good nap, a few bites of sushi, walking around Manhattan with the team and family. A little Parcheesi, maybe chess too. The usual in the manual Carlos Alcaraz. “I’m not afraid of the end, I prepared myself physically and mentally for great things,” he stresses. Even fifteen sets in thirteen and a half hours of the last three games did not concern the phenomenon of the palm tree, district of Murcia. “I’m a little tired,” he admitted, although he immediately pointed out that he is ready for the double challenge, this Sunday at 10:00 pm (Eurosport/Directos Web MD).
First Grand Slam final in his eighth tournament, second US Open. At 19 years old he may be the youngest champion in New York since then Peter Sampras in 1990 with the same age but fewer months. In the circle of the four ‘greats’, from Roland Garros he conquered Rafael Nadal on their 2005 debut, two days after their nineteenth anniversary.
Although, “I always dreamed of being number one in the world, since I was little”, even before a Grand Slam, Alcaraz confessed. Both are within his reach. Becoming the fifth Spaniard to win the US Open, then Manolo Santana, Manolo Orantes, Arantxa Sánchez and Rafa Nadal, Including becoming the youngest number one in history, beating 20 Australians Lleyton Hewitt in November 2001.
“I worked hard in the gym, but above all the mind was there”, he stressed as a factor that allowed him to overcome obstacles Marin Cilic, Jannik Sinner (tracing ‘match’ ball) and Frances Tiafoe even twice finished at dawn, sleep at six o’clock in the morning. It doesn’t matter, “I’m ready.”
He is favored to have beaten his rival twice, including the final on the hard court of Miami in early April, the Norwegian Casper Ruud, that in his hopes of the Grand Slam and number 1. It is a direct battle between them. The strongest will rule the circuit. “Yes, I have beaten him twice, and I can do it in a Grand Slam as well. Although he has played the final of Roland Garrosand for me this is the first”, Alcaraz reviews.
Ruud lost in Paris to Rafa Nadal, where he belongs to the academy. Considered a clay court specialist, he broadened his horizons by growing as a tennis player at the age of 23. “At Roland Garros I thought I might never play another Grand Slam final, and here I am. I was surprised that it was at the US Open”, he said.
Frances Tiafoe, the latest victim of Carlitos, or Charlie as he calls himself on the pitch, holds the key to the Spaniard’s success. “I take my hat off to the lucidity he had at key moments.” It showed concentration showing another cumulative improvement in recent months. He is no longer giving away points and setting up the opponent, he is an opponent every game. And you grow in decisive moments, go up or down on the scoreboard. He always goes on, hits hard, to the limit.
True to his style. After the Saturday break yesterday, today, Sunday, listen carefully to the experiences accumulated by John Charles Ferrero in the finals like today. Confidence is full, listen to every advice from Ontiyent. It is a sponge.
Source: La Verdad
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