The Australian Open has disappeared from the face of the earth, except for its champion, the Italian Jannik Sinner, who paid part of the toll of winning the Grand Slam, which includes tributes on arrival at home, more and less official. In addition, there is still to celebrate his leadership of the Davis Cup that his team won in Malaga last November.
Novak Djokovic, defenestered in Melbourne, is carefully studying what new steps to take, because he is not used to losing in the Open semifinals. He won the last ten tournaments.
Carlos Alcaraz, candidate for the title, left one round early. He lost in the quarterfinals to German Alexander Zverev. His best result at the Australian Open, not what he was chasing.
After a restful rest and the necessary medical examination, the Murcian made a radical change in his preparation. He is back at work, although in very different conditions than Rafa Nadal, who also returned to work this week after injury.
The manacorí keeps his training on a hard court. Charly parked this surface in the month of February. This is how he and his team chose it. They will repeat the usual journey on clay before returning to the hard court in the United States in March.
“Back to earth! Thinking about Buenos Aires!” Carlos Alcaraz said in a message to the networks. On the other side of the net, his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, is in top shape after following medical advice to properly rehabilitate his recently operated knee.
On the agenda of the El Palmar tennis player, defend the ATP 250 title in Buenos Aires, from February 12 to 18. Next, he regained his hegemony in Rio de Janeiro, ATP 500 held from February 19 to 25, where he played he of the final where he was injured against the British Cameron Norrie, who had been his victim a few days before in Argentina. .
Then he will fly to the United States. There is an appointment in Las Vegas, on March 3, for an exhibition with Rafa Nadal. More action moves to the hard court, with the ATP Masters 1000 of Indian Wells (March 6-17) and Miami (March 20-31) on the calendar.
Source: La Verdad
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