The team that supports Carlos Alcaraz is one of his success secrets. Physical therapist Juanjo Moreno has evolved into his shadow from him. He started working with the tennis player from Murcia in 2018, concurrently with the hiring of Juan Carlos Ferrero as coach, and has a degree in sports physical activity sciences and afterward in physiotherapy.
Juanjo told Marca: “I worked in a private clinic and treated soccer players, rugby players, tennis players, a little bit of everything. In 2012 there was a selection process at Equelite and one of the patients was Ferrero, and another was Nico Almagro. I was very impressed that my tryout was with Juan Carlos because I had played tennis and seen him win the Davis Cup and Roland Garros. He had a pathology, and I suppose I hit the key.”
About Carlos Alcaraz’s fitness
Juanjo added: Yes, that’s right. Carlos’s body has no secret because I have seen its evolution. I remember the first time we evaluated it together with Alberto Lledó (physical trainer). And we built it. People said: ‘My goodness, what a physical change he has made’. And we knew that there were three years of work behind it. The first goal was for me to gain muscle mass, gain strength, be more resistant, stronger and faster.”
Alcaraz in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2023
WLWLLWLWWW Now ranked no.2, the Spaniard has managed to achieve a composed 28-2 win-loss record in 2023. Carlos is competing in Madrid where he beat the world no.41 Emil Ruusuvuori 2-6 6-4 6-2, the world no.32 Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 7-5, the world no.16 Alexander Zverev 6-1 6-2, the world no.12 Karen Khachanov 6-4 7-5 and the world no.20 Borna Coric 6-4 6-3.
Carlos Alcaraz will compete against the world no.65 Jan-Lennard Struff in the final. Their current record is 1-1.
Alcaraz has won 3 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells and Barcelona. Carlos was the runner-up in Rio de Janeiro (Rio Open).
Alcaraz won 9 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts and 6 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
Alcaraz will compete next in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 10th of May.
Carlos Alcaraz |
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