He is only 19 years old, but Carlos Alcaraz He knows very well how to make life complicated for the Nadals and company. In fact, the Murcian is currently the world number 2behind only Novak Djokovic himself.
And a good sin of it (without detracting from any merit) is his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero. Zverev already said this during the ATP Doha: the mentality of the Spanish coach is not shared by others. And, precisely for this reason, the German always chooses one of them to prepare.
‘Carlitos’ knows this and listens to everything the Valencian tells him from the box throughout the game. And one of the gestures he often repeats is a five with hands. But what does this gesture mean?
As Ferrero explained this Monday in ‘El Larguero’, this ‘5’ means that it should be less aggressive in the first five strokes of each point who plays and rocks the rest of the match.
Moreover, one of the Lieutenants stayed awake with his communication in the meetings constantly. He even jokes when he sees the Murcian tense: “I told him ‘you forgot to take it out'”he said between laughs.
Source: La Verdad
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