Alcaraz also did not leave Christmas Eve to prepare for the first match against Djokovic

Carlos Alcaraznumber 2 in world tennis, is preparing its participation in two exhibitions that will end in 2023, next Wednesday against number one, Novak Djokovic, in Saudi Arabia and on Thursday against Roberto Bautista, in Murcia.

The Wimbledon champion trained these days at the academy of his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, in Villena (Alicante), but this Sunday he did it in El Palmar, the Murcian district where he comes from.

Who for the next few weeks will be directed by Samuel López while Ferrero is on sick leave recovering from knee surgery, Focus is now on the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season in Melbourne from January 14 to 28who did not play in 2023 due to injury.

The Riyadh meeting will be broadcast live on DAZN, at 5:15 pm, Spanish peninsular period; 27 hours later, the first Carlos Alcaraz Cup is set to take place on home soil, broadcast by 7RM, Murcia’s regional television.

For that first game that Alcaraz will play in his region since he became a professional, the resale is working and the tickets, whose price is 5 euros -the 7,500 sold on the 12th sold out in less than an hour and a half- for charity, 50 buy them through social networks on the internet.

In Villena he trained with the Italian Jannik Sinnerfourth in the world, and also with transalpine Flavio Cobolli, 101st.

Alcaraz, whose plan these days is also supported by the work done with his physical trainer, Alberto Lledó, and the physiotherapy treatment with Juan José Moreno, wants to wish Christmas greetings to his followers through his social media accounts at a clear message for the year that is about to begin and that he faces “stronger than ever.”