“Djokovic has two legs and two arms, like Alcaraz”

Juan Carlos Ferrerocoach of Carlos Alcarazpreviewed the final his student will play this Sunday against Serbian Novak Djokovic.

Question: What should be done differently than the Roland Garros semifinal?

Answer: I think when you play more times against someone, you learn to manage the times a little bit. I think the situation is similar, maybe Djokovic has more favoritism here, which favors Carlos a little bit when it comes to being a tad calmer. I think what you have to manage well is to try to play Carlos calmly, fluently, like he did yesterday or throughout the tournament. But hey, you have to consider the game from possible tension and nervousness.

Q: How do you prepare for a match against a well-known tennis player?

A: Paying a little more attention to yourself. I think we have to focus more on Carlos, on the problems that he can generate for the others. Knowing the virtues and the pros and the possible cons that Djokovic might have. He already knows by heart how to play in this kind of situation, here he won 7 times, which he has experience.

Tactically, you have to create a very good game, I think the two are very good in the background and Carlos goes to the net a little more, he can have a little more dynamism in that sense. We’ll see if we bring him out a little bit maybe in the background rhythm and make him feel a little uncomfortable.

Q: You played with him three times, one here, what can you say to him?

A: I can help you with the moments and how you feel there. I can help you with all that. He is already a highly trained player who is living experiences very fast which makes him grow a lot and tomorrow is another step for his growth. Beyond what we do, I believe that it is not necessary to develop different activities from what we do. Today will be a quiet day, a small part of a gym, to be fresh for tomorrow, to try to isolate a small piece of the phone from everything that will come here and from there play and have fun.

Q: Will Djokovic at Wimbledon face Nadal at Roland Garros?

A: Maybe, but I think if we make the giant bigger it will be impossible to defeat him. We will do everything, for him, a little forgetting about the statistics, because otherwise, then it will be very difficult. He is a player with two arms and two legs, like us.

Q: Is it Alcaraz’s initiative or yours to isolate yourself from your mobile?

A: The initiative is ours. I don’t know if we can achieve it in the end because the fight is a bit lost, but hey, I advised him yesterday to try to be a little more isolated from everything, from everything that is being said about the game, if it’s so good, what or if he It is very good and all kinds of information that is given today for tomorrow and all the possibilities that exist. All these things, I think are indirectly helpful.

Q: This week, players like Hurkacz and Sinner had opportunities against him, but they were unable to take advantage of them, Alcaraz gives the feeling that he is one of those who can take advantage of them.

A: Sinner yesterday I think he was closer than it seemed at the end because of the score. Carlos, what we try to do is when he has opportunities, not to get them, but to play with courage because when he plays aggressively and with courage, he usually gets them. In the end, the hardest thing against very good players is to be bold in the most delicate moments. Carlos, he’s usually good. Sometimes when he does it and fails, we say he’s in a hurry and other times, when he puts the rest of a ‘break’ ball yesterday, the parallel rest and wins the point, we say how wonderful. I always try for Carlos to be very brave and not lose his style at those times and luckily he comes out most of the time.