Carlos Alcaraz, 20 years and world number 2, and Novak Djokovic, 37 and who finished last season as world number one, continue their rivalry today, Wednesday. At 5:15 pm they will play their first match of the 2024 season. Both are fully involved in their physical and sporting preparations for the Australian tour in January, but will take a break to see what state they are in.
Alcaraz and Djokovic They are playing an exhibition match at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia, a country seeking to fully immerse itself in the world of global tennis, as it has already shown by hosting the Next Gen ATP Finals.
The Tennis Cup Riyadh Season is the reunion of two of tennis’ most famous players in 2023, with the Italian Jannik Sinner also joining the party in the final stage.
Officially, the Murcian and the Balkan have met on five occasions, with a score of 3-2 for Djokovic, who won the semifinals of ATP Finals in Turin by 6-3 and 6-2, at the height of Alcaraz’s decline, as since the US Open his performance has suffered a decline that is reflected in the results and deserves the attention of his coach Juan Carlos Ferrerois currently recovering from a knee operation that won’t allow him to travel to Australia in the coming weeks.
He will give the operation to Samuel López at the Villena academy from the beginning with Antonio Martínez Cascales and lately he has been concentrating Pablo Carrenowho is struggling to overcome a long and nagging elbow injury.
Alcaraz is focused Australian Open, which will be held in Melbourne from January 14 to 28. He missed the previous edition due to a physical muscle problem. This will also be his official entry into 2024, as he has no plans to play any ATP tournaments before the first Grand Slam of the campaign.
The ten-time champion will defend his crown Novak Djokovicregistered in the United Cup, the mixed national team competition that will take place from December 29 to January 7 at various locations in Australia.
Carlos Alcaraz Cup
Alcaraz plans to enroll in some of the exhibition tournaments before the Open. Before heading to the antipodes he will face a promise at home, the Cup Carlos Alcaraz, based at the Sports Palace of Murcia. In the 28th match Roberto Bautista.
Alcaraz, the Wimbledon champion, and Djokovic, who won the other three Grand Slams of 2023, met again in Riyadh, with the aim of continuing their battle. It’s included Jannik Sinnerking of the Davis Cup, threats, and Rafael Nadal flying to Australia for their return.
Source: La Verdad
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