Carlos Alcaraz he never flatters. “I want to play a final here, and it’s better if it’s a match Novak Djokovic“He pointed out that he had only reached Wimbledon. Said and more than done, as he dethroned the Serbian seven-time champion, ending his unbeaten streak of 34 matches at the tournament, ten years in the center court at the All England Club.
Wimbledon is the tournament with the most international prestige, as its inscription states that the trophy is given “to the world champion”. At the age of 20, the Murcian reigned where they had done before Manolo Santana and Rafael Nadal, as well as the Conchita Martinez and Garbine Muguruza.
Wimbledon changed the outward panoramic view of a tennis player. Definitely climb the altars. Carlos Alcaraz He does this from the knowledge of being a former Grand Slam champion, the US Open 2022, and joint world number one after defeating his current great rival, Djokovic.
Although he has warned that “now I’m going back to Murcia to be a normal kid.” In the short term, while they wait for sports commitments and work in the academy in Villena for the North American hard court tour.
This week he is registered in the Hopman Cup for mixed teams, inaugurating a new season with a change of dates, places and surfaces. He left the Australian preseason and the hard court, settled in French Nice and the clay.
Alcaraz has a match scheduled on Friday the 21st with the Belgian david goffin. And mixed twice Rebecca Masarovasubstitute for the injured Paula Badosa. On Saturday, meeting with Croatian Borna Coric. Winning his twelve matches on grass, he returned to clay for a while.
No more clay, which seems to have happened in previous campaigns. Alcaraz introduce another dimension to the sport. He wants to shine on North American hard courts and defend his US Open title. “I think I can win all the tournaments I play,” he explains with conviction.
The ATP Masters 1000 in Toronto (August 7-13) and Cincinnati (August 13-20) will be the shuttle to New York (August 28-September 10).
The Davis Cup, in Valencia, is the next stop, during the week of September 12 to 17, in the debut of david ferrer to the captain There you will meet again Novak Djokovicbecause Spain and Serbia share a group.
Another new item on Alcaraz’s agenda concerns the return of the ATP Tour to China, in Beijing (September 28-October 4) and the Shanghai Masters 1000 (October 4-15).
Basel is counting on him for the final European indoor campaign, from October 21 to 29. Then, the Masters 1000 ATP in Paris, from October 30 to November 5. culminating in Turin ATP Finals (November 12-19), where he was unable to debut in 2022 due to a torn stomach. And the Finals of Davis cup in Malaga as closure, from November 21 to 26.
A lot of work is coming Alcaraz, a rival that anyone wielding a racket should beat, now more than ever because of his status. He’s used to it and he’s ready. At Wimbledon he proved again that “the thing I learned the most is that I can probably do everything I did in the final. I was good physically and mentally for five hours against a legend. Maybe before this match I wasn’t I thought I was ready for this.”
Source: La Verdad
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