Carlos Alcaraz held his first training session in Melbourne on Monday with Norwegian Casper Ruudhours after his arrival in Australia, to begin preparations for the first Grand Slam of the season.
Alcaraz, who arrived in Melbourne on Sunday night, He shared an indoor track with Ruud because of the heavy rain that poured down and it forced the cancellation of the first day of the qualifying phase of the Australian Open, which starts on January 14.
This is not the only time Alcaraz and Casper Ruud will play before the tournament since then Next Friday they will again share an exhibition.
Last week, Alcaraz He also plans to play an exhibition match with Australian Alex de Minaur and share training with Russian Andrey Rublev.winner of the Hong Kong Open 250 a few days ago and number 5 in the ATP ranking.
Alcaraz, trained by Juan Carlos Ferrero, He will face the Australian Open very motivated, a tournament he missed last year due to injury.. This time, apart from the victory, the possibility of usurping Serbian Novak Djokovic’s status as world number one is also at stake if he wins the tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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