Carlos Alcaraz It’s almost invisible when he doesn’t have a game at Roland Garros. “Sometimes I’d rather be physical than play tennis,” he explains of the routine of not touching the racket at the facility during the day between matches. Work your body. Injuries at the end of the 2022 academic year and the beginning of 2023 are not too far off. The Murcian and his team are attentive to every detail of the performance of who started as the main favorite at Roland Garros, in 20 years old and after regaining the number 1 world.
He cooked his revenge on the Italian in the fire Lorenzo Musetti, 21 years old and world number 18, this Sunday. “I really want to play against him, I’m looking forward to it,” said Carlitos, with the memory of his defeat in the ATP final in Hamburg 2021, on clay, very fresh. By 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4. He gives less relevance to his previous success, in a Challenger (Trieste 2020), 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
It was on the third shift of the plant, about 3-4 in the afternoon, just after the crash of Novak Djokovicfacing the surprising Peruvian John Paul Varillas. Reaching the quarterfinals is at stake.
“It will be a challenge for me, he plays very well, he is beating big rivals. He has a lot of talent”, pointed out the student of Juan Carlos Ferreror before the most serious test so far in the tournament.
Musetti, Former junior world No. 1, he combined it with an inspired day. He has set up twice Novak Djokovicc in the round of 16 at Roland Garros 2021, although he physically melted down and had to retire. He also went two sets ahead of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, at the beginning of 2022, and it collapsed.
The central schedules, this Sunday
11:00 a.m
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus)-Elise Mertens (Bel/28)
(not before 12:30 pm)
Novak Djokovic (Srb/3)-Juan Pablo Varillas (Peru)
Carlos Alcaraz (Span/1)-Lorenzo Musetti (Ita/17)
(not before 8:15 pm)
Sloane Stephens (USA)-Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/2)
They knew each other well, “we had many tournaments when we were young”, the Spaniard recalled about an opponent who punched like him. Musetti had good words for him: “I see a friend. He is the first of our generation to win a Grand Slam, after the big three. It’s a kind of wish for us, for me, Holger (Rune), Jannik (Sinner)…”.
He looks at his success in Hamburg. “He gave me a lot of confidence. Although we are in a different position, their status is different”, commented Musetti, convinced, like Alcaraz, that “we will enjoy it”.
Source: La Verdad
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