Paris and all its splendor, green, stone and art, more and more and more charm everywhere, opens the arms to receive the great champion, who at about four in the afternoon takes a seat in the conference room of Roland Garros and answers slowly, ““just chill“, He says.” I just looked at my first round, the second maximum, that’s it … “, explains Carlos Alcaraz when the curious asks for those ten long minutes of inspection of the previous day in front of the draw panel, which held him from the French great; frustrated at the end, given the last decline of the Japanese. From the earth it has been practically impeccable, two titles and a final, of not being for a slight muscle setback that is already history.
From the perimeter, too many names are not guessed right now that can make stretch. Does the number one, Jannik Sinner? It could be, he says, today more cautious than yesterday. The boldness of other moments when responding in the preamble of the tournaments has been moderated. “Jannik, for example, has had an incredible week in Rome, but it came from three months without competing and in the end that shows,” he clarifies. And extends to the question asked by this newspaper: “I have also had difficult moments and very hard games in which I could have lost perfectly [solo cedió ante , lesionado]but it is true that I am finding myself very comfortable, very well. I am very happy with the level I am reaching. ”
In any case, Alcaraz accepts the general feeling, from which it is understood that today, he is the great obstacle on beaten land. He for one lane, the others for another and, perhaps the Italian, with one more spark point, in an intermediate one? “Yes, it is true that I feel that the great part of the tournaments and the games depend on me, whether I find the good path and how to face them, whether I am enjoying or not; that kind of thing greatly influence my way of playing and being on the track, and that I think it depends a lot,” the Spanish extends, on which a debate revolves around their choice towards the way of the success, the proposal In recent times. Being the best without being a slave to his sport?
In Rafael Nadal’s opinion, the documentary approach released at the end of April -) – “does not reflect the way Carlos lives his career,” he grants The team. “It does not appear as a tennis player who trains, but as someone who loves the party, who needs that, that is not very professional. And that is not true,” adds the winner of 22 greats. “Yes, I have read it,” admits that of El Palmar, less attentive to what is said in the networks, but in no case of all.
In training
“There is a lot of opinions “Maybe they have agreed that they have recorded and that I have shown that I also like to leave, but without losing the focus of what is really important, that it is tennis. I really appreciate criticism, opinions, what Rafa said, but people cannot forget that I have come here being in a way.”
In full training process, still outlining his identity and his tennis, Alcaraz was crowned a year ago in Paris and today bursts into a better dynamic, perfectly greased. On Monday it will be released against the Italian Giulio Zeppieri, from the previous phase and 306º of the world, and for the corner of the eye will observe the evolution of Sinner, which he beat last Sunday in the outcome of the 1000 Masters of Rome. At the beat of the great rivalries, one and the other are feedback. The Sampras-Agassi comparison, the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic, and the theory says that both are called to collect the witness is heard in the room.
“He would not put us at his table, that sure, but people want to see our games,” he says, “because they are very tactical, so I am sure that he will change things the next time we face us; surely he will improve with respect to the last one, but I will also try to improve and I think it is what the Big Three throughout his career. In the end there are gusts [7-4 a su favor, cuatro triunfos sucesivos] And I have to be prepared, because I know that I will not always beat him. ”Shortly before, before that same microphone, the Italian is expressed from caution:“ There is a wide margin of improvement [respecto a Roma]but miracles do not exist. I need time. The five sets will help me understand where I am right now. ”
Leire Romero’s first great
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Spanish tennis will have a fourth participant in the women’s team. Paula Badosa, Jessica Bouzas and Cristina Bucsa joined this Friday Leyre Romero, who finally exceeded the classification phase.
The Valencian, 23 years old and 150th in the world, beat the Polaca Linda Klimovicova for a double 6-4 and won a position in the main team of the French tournament.
In this way, it will be his first participation in a Grand Slam, after having stayed at the doors in the four -year four of the past year, and also at the beginning of this in Australia.
On the other hand, Novak Djokovic won Cameron Norrie in the semifinal of the Geneva Tournament (6-4, 6-7 (6) and 6-1) and stood at one step from his title 100. He will be measured with the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, 31st world.
