Tennis
On the 23rd he will face the Norwegian Ruud at the exclusive London club and on the 25th he will play against Auger-Aliassime or Shapovalov
The week before the start of Wimbledon 2022, several of the best tennis players in the world will meet at some of the most prestigious tennis clubs in London in order to acquire a competitive rhythm on grass. One of them is Hurlingham, where the Aspall Tennis Classics will be held for yet another year. And there will be a Carlos Alcaraz who will play two preparation matches before making his debut in the third Grand Slam of the season. One will be on Thursday June 23 against the Norwegian Casper Ruud, a recent finalist at Roland Garros. And the other will be on Saturday the 25th, two days before the start of Wimbledon, against Felix Auger-Aliassime or Denis Shapovalov, both Canadians.
Just as players like Nadal, Murray, Raonic, Fognini, Haas, Pouille, Berdych, Tsonga or Nishikori did in previous years, Alcaraz will travel to London a week before and will participate in this exhibition tournament to gain sensations on the grass, the surface that the ElPalmar player knows least. Alcaraz was already in Hurlingham three years ago, competing in the junior category with other promises of the moment such as Leo Borg, son of the legendary Björn Borg; Martin Damm, Emilio Nava and Otto Virtanen. Now he has become a star on the ATP circuit.
Alcaraz was registered for the Queen’s tournament, which starts this Sunday in London, but was canceled last week citing elbow discomfort. Beyond those physical problems, what Juan Carlos Ferrero wanted is for his pupil to disconnect for a few days and forget about the racket. The season has been very demanding for him and the Murcian needed to stop for a bit. And that he has done.
Alcaraz’s plan
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Training in Villena
He will work for the next ten days on the grass court of the Equelite academy. -
trip to london
He will go a week in advance and will play two exhibition games in Hurlingham, on the 23rd and 25th. -
Start of the tournament
The first round of Wimbledon will be played on the 27th and 28th of June.
rent a house
Alcaraz, along with the rest of the members of his team, has decided to rent a house near the All England Club courts to facilitate his transfers and the long waits due to the rain that are usually frequent in a tournament with Wimbledon . It is, in fact, what most Spanish players who compete in this third ‘Major’ of the course usually do. Staying in a central London hotel is usually very uncomfortable.
This will be Alcaraz’s third adventure on the green carpet at Wimbledon, where three years ago he played in the junior tournament and reached the quarterfinals, after fulfilling his dream of sharing a training session with the Swiss Roger Federer. And last year he made his debut in the main draw, losing in the second round against Daniil Medvedev, a player who this time will not be in London due to the British tournament’s ban on players born in Russia and Belarus due to the war in Ukraine.
Alcaraz will arrive in London as number 7 in the world, being a firm candidate to win a Grand Slam before the end of the season and with a lot of room to win points. There are many who consider that he can reach the final at the US Open 2022, where he will arrive with more baggage and in a scenario that seems to fit his tennis and personality very well, but no one rules out that his offensive-minded tennis suits him well. Grass. The absence of major players from the top-10 at Wimbledon will see him sitting high at the top of the seed and poised to make it big in London.
Nadal will be
The one who will finally compete at the All England Club from June 27 will be Rafa Nadal. He confirmed it yesterday his uncle and former coach, Toni Nadal. «He First said: everything hurts. But when we spoke yesterday, he said he’s much better. He wants to train. And he will play at Wimbledon », he assured in ‘tennisnet.com’.
Andy Murray resurrects in Stuttgart
Scotsman Andy Murray, 35, will play a final on grass this Saturday after six years without doing so and after overcoming an ordeal of injuries. He will fight for the title of the ATP 250 in Stuttgart with the Italian Matteo Berrettini. Murray beat controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios (7-6, 6-2) in the semifinals yesterday, who once again mounted a number and was punished with three ‘warnings’ in less than three games. The Scotsman, who had knocked out the Greek Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals, is regaining his hopes and wants to come back on his own at Wimbledon, where he has won twice.
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