Novak Djokovic praised the season Carlos Alcaraznumber 1 in the world, although he warned that the Spaniard has “more pressure” to defend his position for the first time: “Now he is in a different situation, we have to see how he handles it.”
After defeating the American Maxime Cressy in the second round of the Masters 1000 in Paris-Bercy and waiting for a rival (Karen Khachanov or the Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler), Djokovic reviewed Alcaraz’s season.
“Now he has to defend points, a different situation. When you are a hunter, you are under less pressure, but when you are the victim who will be chased by others, there is more pressure. We’ll have to see how he deals with that,” he said in a press conference later to meet.
“Djoko” praised the world number 1’s “consistency and maturity” and noted that the 19-year-old is still “hungry for success”.
The Serbian also applauded the work being done by Alcaraz’s coach, former world number 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero. “He’s a good coach, he helps him think about what it means to be number 1.”
As an anecdote, the native of Belgrade mistakenly believed that the Murcian tennis player had already taken the world top this 2022 due to the fact of the trophy delivered by the ATP this Monday.
Asked about recent fatherhood by rivals like Rafa Nadal, Djokovic, father of an 8-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, recalled that it gave him “a lot of strength and motivation ” and awakened his first paternity. coincided with a great phase of his career (2014-2015). “This is the greatest blessing that life has given me.”
He said exactly that about his eldest son, Stefan, who also practices tennis.
“What I want now is to take it as a game, as part of his physical and mental development, nothing else, but don’t ask me about his future tennis career, please,” he clarified.
To his current rival, Cressy, he praised his offensive vocation. “I love to see him go up to the net, I think he’s the only one who does it after even the second serve. You don’t see that anymore nowadays, when most people prefer to play behind the court.”
Source: La Verdad
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