Carlos Alcaraz will travel this Thursday to the American lands to face the tour of Canada and the United States in the US Openfourth and final Grand Slam of the season on the horizon, and will do so with a new image.
The young Murcian tennis player went to the barber to change his usual look and wear a gradient cut that is so popular with kids her age that she likes to share with her followers through social networks.
The current number four player in the world is leaving clay to focus on hard courtsafter playing in the finals of the Hamburg and Umag tournaments, where he lost to Italians Lorenzo Musetti and Jannik Sinner, respectively.
These losses did not worry his team. Your physical trainer, Alberto Lledo Quilesconsidering that Alcaraz “doesn’t lack spark, although he has significant whiplash”.
“I don’t think Carlos lacks spark and what may have weighed him down in the final loss this Sunday against Sinner was on a mental level. because he had a good first set and started the second the same, but losing six break points in a row affected him and that, without a doubt, was the key against an opponent who was very good, showing great tennis and very stable mentally” , Lledó said in an interview given to Agencia EFE.
Lledó, who has been with Carlos for five years, admits that the player has “an important blow” as a result of his good results.
“It’s true that he’s played a lot this year, but not in that many tournaments. What’s happening is that he’s progressing through the rounds and losing in the finals is another experience and something that’s part of the learning process for a boy who’s 19 year and that should not be forgotten. These are experiences you have to go through to grow and you have to put your feet on the ground and work. blessed problem if that happens because it will be a sign that he will go far in the tournaments he will compete in”, he declared.
“There is no need to be alarmed and yes to continue working. The tennis player must be helped to find his equipment in moments of tension and it is not normal that he won all the finals he played. In addition, it is better to lose now than not in a moment in the Grand Slam finals, for example“, he pointed out.
“Carlos can improve some aspects related to hip rotation and reaction speed, but he is a genetic and physical wonder and there he adds a lot of work, because without effort it is not possible to be at the level demanded“, he admitted, while saying that the player has recovered from the spectacular ankle sprain he suffered on Saturday in his semifinal match in Umag against Giulio Zeppieri.
The 37-year-old from Alicante from Villena considers that what awaits for Alcaraz and his physical condition allows us to be optimistic: “On the hard court, which is great for his aggressive game going to the net, he can raise the level“.
The one from El Palmar, who earlier this year won the Masters 1,000 titles in Miami and Madrid and the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona, and who is the player on the circuit with the most games won since January with 42 of 49 meetings, will return to work this Wednesday, after a two-day vacation, to fly to North American soil on Thursday.
The Masters 1,000 in Montreal and Cincinnati await him there and then, after a week of not competing, the US Open, where last year, in his debut, he reached the quarterfinals as the sensation of the tournament in New York, and where the necessary points can be achieved to fully enter the fight for number 1 in the world.
Source: La Verdad
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