Alcaraz: "I try to copy myself from the best"

Carlos Alcaraz, seeded fifth in Wimbledonmade sure he noticed the movements of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray on the grass to improve his game over this.

Murcian, who is competing for the second time at Wimbledon, will begin his tournament against the German on Monday Jan-Lennard Struff and passed this Sunday via press conference as one of the favorites in the contest.

“I try not to think about people’s expectations,” said Alcaraz, who has won two Masters 1,000 (Miami and Madrid) and two ATP 500 (Río and Godó) this season. “People want me to always win and they don’t think any more. When you lose, it’s a disappointment for the people, not for me. Every tournament I go to I play for myself, I play for my people, for my closest people. As long as I don’t disappoint them It’s another story for them. I try to remove people’s expectations, “he added.

Alcaraz trained this week at Wimbledon with elbow protection, due to some discomfort that forced him to come down to the Queen.

“I’m feeling pretty good. It’s been a positive week. The elbow respects me a lot. There’s no discomfort. We’re fitting in on the grass, to play elbow protection, which I haven’t played yet. At the moment it’s happening. “pretty well for me good. The important thing is I play without thinking about my elbow. We’re 100% prepared,” he said.

Due to elbow problems, Alcaraz had to stop playing previous tournaments and was only able to play two exhibitions in Hurlingham, both lived on defeats in two sets. The transition from clay to grass was the hardest on the circuit and Alcaraz spoke about the adaptation he had to make.

“Mobility on grass is the most complicated for me. Personally, on grass it’s hard to start, when they hit you, when they move you to the side. It’s hard for me that first quick step, I do it. I try to copy you myself from the best, by Rafa, by Roger, by Novak, by Andy, which for me is the best in terms of movement ”, he pointed out.

Furthermore, the student of John Charles Ferrero recounted how his accommodations at this year’s tournament changed, from a hotel last year to renting a house near All England Clubas other players like Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal usually do.

“This year we rented a house near here, which was more comfortable for us because last year we were in a hotel and in traffic we took an hour in the car and it was a lot, one hour to go and another to come. “Come back. It’s a lot of time lost”.

“Now we walk, less time. At home we play Parcheesi, chess with my team. I also cook sometimes, I’m not very handy for it, but I want to learn and I try”, said Alcaraz, who also explained if where his love of chess comes from.

“My grandfather taught me to play chess, my siblings and my father also played. In my team there are people who are good at playing, like Juan Carlos or Albert (your agent). We had fun playing. It helps me in many things. Chess is about feeling what one is going to do, taking steps forward and tennis is pretty much the same, knowing where one is going to throw you, feeling the blows ”.