Carlos Alcaraz is enjoying the Spring Festival at home, before facing a European clay court tour in which he intends to fight for number 1 with Djokovic and Sinner. Although he usually trains at the JC Ferrero Equelite Sport Academy, in Villena, the rest agreed with his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, has meant that this week he can work closer to home. Specifically, at the Real Sociedad Club de Campo de El Palmar, where his father, Carlos Alcaraz González, runs the tennis school.
Yesterday he was playing there with the young American Darwin Blanch, 16 years old and who recently debuted in the Miami Masters 1000, falling against Machac. On the courts of the club where he took his first rackets, Carlitos took a new dip yesterday.
There will be no training today, as Carlos Alcaraz travels to Madrid to collect, from the hands of King Felipe VI, the national award for best athlete of 2022. His countryman Izan Almansa, a basketball player who this summer can make the leap to the NBA, For his part, he will receive the award for best athlete under 18 years of age in 2022. Alcaraz will travel to Monte Carlo tomorrow and when he arrives he will learn the name of his first rival in the Monegasque Masters 1000. The event will take place at the Royal Palace of El Pardo.
Roddick's advice
Meanwhile, Carlitos continues to receive praise – and also advice – from specialists and former tennis players almost daily. Yesterday it was Andy Roddick's turn. The American, in his podcast 'Served with Andy Roddick', recalled that Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have completely different styles, with the Spaniard being more physical, the Swiss more skilled with the racket and the Serbian always pressing severely.
The American compared this wide variety of the three men with the most Grand Slams of all time with Alcaraz's style. And he firmly believes that the Murcian shares the best of each of them, although he has not yet found the best version of himself. For this reason, Roddick invites Carlitos to look at Djokovic to row in favor of consistency. «Alcaraz is almost like a combination of the three, but he is still finding his way. I think the best version of himself will be when he incorporates a little more Novak into his game, where he makes things a little more boring and is not spectacular all the time. “When I was with Agassi in Las Vegas, that's what he said, that Alcaraz should become a little more boring on the court, in order to be more consistent,” he added.
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