The Spanish tennis player and world number 1 of ATP 2022, Carlos Alcarazstated that he is focused on the next one Australian Open 2023and his stomach injury is “excellent, improving gradually and patiently.”
The athlete spends a few days on vacation on the island of Tenerife “to regain strength before returning to the track”, as he sent this Tuesday in a press conference with the media.
Despite reaching the top position at the age of 19, Alcaraz He confirms that the title “does not weigh”: “I try to take it normally and never forget that whatever happens in the future, I have to enjoy tennis and play my way”.
Although, as reported by the stomach injury caused in the quarterfinals of Masters 1,000 of Paris-Bercy 2022 “It’s going very well”, he still has a few weeks left to return to “100% and train normally”, that time, as he has stated, he will also use to prepare mentally, since “the season is going to be complicated because I will go out as the favorite and there will be a lot of pressure on me”.
“But I try to keep the good side and all this does not go to my head. In the end, defeating your idols is an incredible event”, the tennis player reiterated.
Regarding his references, Alcaraz indicated that he was trying to “deaf” the comparisons to Rafael Nadal and simply “enjoy the way”.
“There is no point in comparing. Mind you, I now have the number one title, the entire trajectory of Raph”, he added, in addition to admitting that he hopes to be “at least half” like him.
Also, the athlete indicated that “it is a pleasure, for every tennis lover, to see Rafa on the court”, where he considers that the current world number 2 He should remove the idea of leaving the championships: “He is still at a very high level, me as he is I would not think of leaving him.”
Alcaraz In his speech, he also expressed his support for the Spanish team for world which has already been argued in Qatarsaying that he will be cheering “from home” and expressing his full faith in the team.
Regarding the controversy caused by this competition and the country where it is taking place -which is the consequence of the refusal to attend by various representatives of the cultural world-, the tennis player He said that “every country has its rules and they must be respected.”
Finally, the athlete appreciates the island of Tenerifewhich, in his opinion, “became the perfect place to prepare the championship of Australiabecause the climate is almost the same”.
Source: La Verdad
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