David Ferrer, current captain of the Spanish Davis Cup team, considering that Carlos Alcaraz will be able to show that he is a tennis player of the caliber of Rafael Nadal or of Roger Federer when he manages to overcome the pressure he begins to suffer because of his rapid ascent.
“He’s number two in the world, but you can’t ask a 20-year-old tennis player to always win,” Ferrer said at a press conference he gave this Friday in Rio de Janeiro, where he went to commemorate, as one of the champions, the tenth anniversary of the Open in this Brazilian city.
The Murcian tennis player rose to first place in the ATP rankings after winning the United States Open in 2022 and Wimbledon in 2023, but he has not been a finalist in any tournament since Cincinnati in September.
This year he reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, the semifinals at the Buenos Aires Open, and on Tuesday he had to withdraw from the Rio de Janeiro Open in the first round after spraining his right ankle.
“Locally we want him to win everything and in the last year and a half he has played at a very high level, winning two Grand Slams. At the Australian Open, he played well, but he had a match where he didn’t start well against a top 10 and, with players of that stature, you have nothing to lose,” he said.
The captain of the Spanish team Davis cup He said that Alcaraz has been in a transition process since recently he did not suffer much pressure because he was just starting his career, but now, after becoming number one in the world, he is starting to feel like staying at the level that. .
“Now Carlos is in a transition year, a year where logically there will be more pressure because you have to maintain a high level and because his rivals know him better,” he explained.
The 41-year-old former tennis player from Xàbia stated that Alcaraz is smart, knows his situation and has enough maturity to know how to evolve and overcome pressure.
“That’s why I say that he is a special player, of the caliber of Rafael Nadal Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic. But he still has a lot of time and cannot be asked to win it all. “I don’t remember Rafa or Djokovic winning everything at that age,” he said.
He added, he was sure Alcaraz sHe would establish himself as at least the second best tennis player in Spanish history.
Source: La Verdad
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