According to Carlos Alcaraz’s coach, the 19-year-old had “difficulty” adjusting to his position as the top player in the world after becoming the youngest person in ATP history. After the Spaniard succeeded in winning the final Grand Slam title of 2022, Juan Carlos Ferrero claimed he had devised a plan to make his charge even more dangerous going into the 2023 season.
Talking to Arab News, Juan Carlos Ferrero revealed: “After the US Open it was difficult to adapt to his new role on the tour for him.”
Talking about the work that Carlos Alcaraz is going to do to be even better in 2023, Juan Carlos Ferrero said:
“He has to work on everything. He’s 19, next year he turns 20, but at that age it’s impossible to be complete in all areas. So let’s say forehand he has to work on small details, backhand as well, of course, he has to be more consistent on the serve, on the return I want him to be even more aggressive, on the net he needs to clean a little bit some of the mistakes he does.”
“I prepared the end of the season very specifically to try to improve a lot of things. You cannot tell someone that just because he is No 1 he is very complete and he doesn’t need to work; it’s absolutely the opposite. He needs to keep working in all areas he needs to, and it’s what we’re going to do.”
Carlos Alcaraz in 2022
WLWLLWLWWW Currently the world no.1, Alcaraz played his last match on the 4th of November when he had to retire when playing against world no.11 Holger Rune in the quarter and the scoreline was 6-3 6-6 .
This year Alcaraz has a compiled 57-13 match record. Alcaraz conquered 5 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Barcelona, Madrid and U.S. Open. Alcaraz was the finalist in Hamburg and Umag.
Carlos Alcaraz |
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