Carlos Alcaraz and his technical team barely exchanged a word in the match they lost Casper Ruud in his debut at the ATP Finals in Turin 2024. Everyone knows what the situation is, that the Murcian is not feeling well and it is better not to make him uncomfortable. He didn’t even lead 5-2 in the second set and ended up losing 6-1 and 7-5.
It was Monday. On Tuesday he barely stepped on the training track for ten minutes, as he continued to struggle to recover after straining to move a bit. He was struggling to breathe, his chest was heavy.
But everyone needs to work to try to change everything against Andrey Rublev, on Wednesday. And it worked because he won 6-3 and 7-6 (10-8), and on Friday he will have the chance to fight for a place in the semifinals against the German. Alexander Zverev.
“If someone told me, I would say that I had a dream,” Alcaraz told Alex Corretja in Movistar Plus+ about his change, miracle because it is from 0 to 100.
Behind it there is a certain preparation. Not only the natural progression of the disease, the antibiotics and the ointment applied to the chest, but also the mental work.
It’s still cold, but Alcaraz woke up better this Wednesday. He tried the nasal plaster, which he later admitted worked well for him. But, above all, it has an effect on his head, on his attitude, on how he deals with the situation.
“I came out ready to forget that I was sick, that I felt bad. I was a totally different person. Nobody wants to get sick in such an important tournament, but you have to know how to accept it,” he said.
He even went out on the field with two plans, on Monday he didn’t have the energy to do it. “I surprised myself because he knows how to play deep, I found that he could withstand the exchanges. And the serve helped me a lot,” he analyzed.
Conversations with your coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and his manager Albert Molinaalong with all members of his coaching staff, caught. Even more so when their father strengthened them, Carlos, who was in Turin, and his mother, Virginiafollowing him from the family home.
“After the first game I was talking to my team. My father told me things, my mother from home. They are things you have to accept as they come. Nobody wants to be bad at an important contest, but you we have to accept it. Carlos Alcarazwhich was overcome to avoid disease and its rival Andrey Rublev.
Physical care is an obligation, psychological work is unbalanced in favor of the more combative and stable Alcaraz.
It’s not completely fixed yet, but it’s getting better. “What is getting better is my stomach, but I don’t see any improvement about the cold, nose and chest. I keep hoping that the days will pass and it will get better, I hope by Friday I will feel better. If it happens, very good and if not, I will try to do my best no matter what,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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