London, June 16 (EFE).- With the primary title at Roland Garros nonetheless sizzling below our belts and following a couple of weeks of celebrations in Ibiza, Carlos Alcaraz is able to get once more on the slopes.
The Murcian skilled this Saturday for the primary time on grass, though it was just for twenty minutes because of the rain, for what’s the most demanding problem of the season. In lower than a month he has to defend the titles at Queen’s and Wimbledon, a haul of two,500 factors that he achieved final yr in a greater than shocking approach, as a result of his little expertise on the floor, and which this yr places him as an absolute candidate within the All England Membership.
For this Everest that El Palmar has forward of him, the tennis participant has determined to repeat what labored for him in 2023. Final yr he determined to seem at Queen’s, following a number of days of relaxation because of the defeat he suffered within the Roland Garros semifinals in opposition to Novak Djokovic , and he cleared up the continual questions on his bodily situation and the cramps that gripped him earlier than the Serbian.
He did it whereas dealing with a rugged floor on which to this point he has solely performed 18 video games. For such a problem, Alcaraz rented a home 5 minutes stroll from the All England Membership and his intention was to remain there for a full month. From the beginning of Queen’s to the tip of Wimbledon.
The recipe is identical this yr, as is giving Juan Carlos Ferrero a trip this week – the coach will return for the beginning of Wimbledon – and coaching at Queen’s with Samuel López, coach of the Equelite Academy and who will take Pablo Carreño to the highest 10.
Queen’s is a match that Alcaraz has at all times appreciated, because of the historic part it has, courting once more to its first version in 1881, and since it’s a pure tennis membership. In truth, his father accompanied him final yr all through the week to additionally reside up shut what this expertise is like. On this championship, situated west of London, Andrés Gimeno, Rafael Nadal and Feliciano López have gained, with the Toledo native being the one one to repeat. No Spaniard has gained the title twice in a row.
To defend the five hundred factors he achieved final yr, Alcaraz might have a really robust draw forward of him. Within the first spherical he’ll face Francisco Cerúndolo, whom he has by no means confronted in an ATP match, however within the ITF, in 2019, with victory for the Argentine. Each of them additionally know one another very nicely and already skilled a number of occasions final season on these identical slopes.
Within the second spherical he might face Jack Draper, finalist this week in Stuttgart and probably the most harmful rivals on this floor. Nonetheless, the British’s biggest asset is his physique, so he stays to see in what circumstances he arrives following Germany’s effort.
From there, Alcaraz can have Tommy Paul and Alejandro Davidovich within the quarterfinals, Grigor Dimitrov within the semifinals, whom he already beat final yr, and within the ultimate Alex de Miñaur, finalist in 2023, Taylor Fritz or Holger Rune.
An explosive poster for a match that, sure, appears to have misplaced fully in comparison with Halle, its direct competitor, within the run-up to Wimbledon.
The outcome at Queen’s will mark the preparation for Wimbledon. The victory final yr led to a number of days of restoration at dwelling, with out coaching on the monitor, to forestall accidents and take precautions with the thigh, whereas a hypothetical early defeat at Queen’s might lead the Spaniard to compete in one of many exhibitions being held. the week earlier than Wimbledon at The Boodles and Hurlingham. Within the latter he already performed a match in 2022, when he needed to be absent from Queen’s as a result of an elbow damage.
On June 28, Alcaraz will discover out his path at Wimbledon, that very same weekend he’ll maintain the normal ‘media day’ on the All England Membership and on July 1 he’ll inaugurate the middle court docket as present champion.
At Wimbledon he’ll begin as second seed, so he’ll keep away from a confrontation in opposition to Jannik Sinner till a hypothetical ultimate.
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2024-06-17 08:17:35
