Carlos Alcaraz He has won three of his five tournaments on grass, a surface he experienced at the Wimbledon junior tournament in 2019. He fell in the quarterfinals, against Martin Damm, but “we have seen that he can adapt very well in the coming years, and he showed it.” . Once he gets used to moving well on the court, his game adapts perfectly to the surface,” evaluated his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero.
The Murcian won 24 out of 27 grass matches. A rare balance at 21 years old. In natural conditions it combines the ability to have fun on the grass and a method of improvement based on training in every aspect required by a surface where there is little time to think and moving requires a lot of time stepping on the grass.
“I always enjoy grass, even in 2022. I think it’s a good surface for my style. Be aggressive, shoot hard, go to the net all the time. I have a good time, although it is not easy to adapt, to move well,” he considers. Carlos Alcaraz.
The difficulty is greater when there is hardly any transition time between the clay court of Roland Garros and the short grass tour. In a few days, tennis will radically change. “They are two different sports,” Alcaraz said.
He accused him when, after winning in Paris, he went on, a week later, to defend the crown in Queen’s ATP, London. “I’m not going to lie, it’s hard. I didn’t play well (lost to Jack Draper). I decided to stay there for that reason, because I needed playing hours to get better and try to be as comfortable as possible. There is no secret. You have to put in a lot of time, work and trust that you will improve. That’s what I thought and I did,” he points out. He will spend more than a month in the English capital, in a house he rented for the occasion in the neighborhood of Wimbledon.
“After two games in the tournament I started to slide under control. In the next games he slipped naturally. Advantage was to get through the grass and I’m thankful that it happened quickly,” he explained.
Ferrero explained that “in history, change is difficult for the Spanish and for everyone. It’s a place where you only play three weeks a year and almost everyone doesn’t adapt well, especially because of the mobility they need on the court.
The Serbian Novak Djokovic praises the talent of Carlos Alcaraz. “I see a lot of similarities between him and me in terms of adaptability and surface adjustment. His best virtue is that he can play well on any surface and knows how to adapt to what each rival demands,” his studies. And he praises that “from Spain, what he does with such young grass is incredible.”
ending ‘Nole’ Djokovic that “he is a very versatile player, very complete. We all come to the conclusion that he will win many Grand Slam tournaments. “He is the deserving winner of Wimbledon.”
Alcaraz, Because of its youth, it continues in the learning phase. Ferrero explained that “serving is the biggest. It still lacks the consistency we want for the level to be optimal. . And it grows exponentially at the level of experience, of experiences. He realized that mental strength was something that got him out of trouble. He is very emotional on the court, but he is more attentive to it. What he does is something out of this world, which should be appreciated and admired,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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