Alcaraz: "I see that they accept me as a favorite for Wimbledon, I don’t see it that way"

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Carlos Alcaraz He made sure “not really” looks like he’s a favorite this year Wimbledon because there were many more skilled and better tennis players on the lawn than him and he taught that he went on London there was suspicion because of the discomfort he had experienced with the elbow.

AThe was a Murcian tennis player disappeared this Thursday at Hurlingham exhibition against American Frances Tiafoe, in his first grass-court fight of the season. Alcaraz is set to play to the Queen last week, but he stopped the tournament because of some discomfort with his elbow that was still bandaged, but from which he was doing well.

“A week ago I couldn’t train,” Alcaraz told Spanish media in Hurlingham. “I came here with no certainty if I could play normally. In these days that I’ve been training here I feel pretty good, no elbow pain and now there isn’t any pain against Tiafoe”.

Murcian starts as the fifth seed in Wimbledon and after a period full of victories, the conquest of Masters 1,000 in Miami, the Masters 1,000 in Madrid and the ATP 500 in Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro. However, he doesn’t look like one of the favorites for the third Grand Slam of the season.

“The truth is I don’t think to be in the spotlight, I don’t consider it pressure, but I saw that they took me as one of the favorites for Wimbledon, but I don’t see it that way. At all. There are a lot of players. who is better playing on the grass than me. Djokovic, Rafa, Berrettini, they are playing fantastic on the grass. We will try to gain experience on this surface “, he reflected.

On the keys to adapting clay well to grass, Alcaraz insisted he needed to concentrate on “moving well”.

“Knowledge of how to move properly in grass is very important. I think it’s the key to getting good results here. We’re trying to improve there, in mobility and in the small details that are more important on this surface. Being more aggressive than needed, trying to take advantage of the fact that I climb volleyball well, those things “, he clarified.

the of El Palmar He will train this Friday morning at Wimbledon, already knowing his debut opponent, which will be drawn at 10 am, and will play his second exhibition match at Hurlingham starting at 2:30 pm local time against the Norwegian. Casper Ruudwhich he already beat this year in the Miami final.

Source: La Verdad

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