Carlos Alcaraz debuts this Saturday indian goods in what will be his return after the injury he suffered in Rio de Janeiro, when a Grade 1 hamstring strain in right leg prevented him from competing normally.
The Murcian wants to leave behind him the physical problems of this beginning of the season, which did not allow him to participate in the Open Australia, the first big of the year.
Alcaraz is back. And he warns that he is in top form: “Now I’m ready”. The tennis player Mats Wilander He told ‘Eurosport’ that his burst was one of the best things to happen to tennis in recent years.
“I saw all his games in Argentina and Brazil, and I was afraid that I wouldn’t see his same enthusiasm on the pitch, but it wasn’t like that and people reacted very well. We all have the same feeling, Alcaraz This is the most important thing that has happened to tennis for a long timebecause of his behavior on the track and his way of playing”, he commented.
He accuses his physical issues when loading matches: “He played ten games in a row in two weeks, it’s not easy for anyone, especially not on a slippery pitch like clay.”
“We don’t really know why he’s been injured so much lately. And if maybe it’s about not playing too many games in a row. Maybe I should train somewhere differently? Not training so hard, or playing less on clay, because that’s where it slips the most,” the tennis player said.
Comparison with the big ones
Wilander believes that the young tennis player will have “his own path” and should not think about comparisons: “Not all paths will be the same as Novak Djokovic oh Roger Federer oh Rafael Nadal. They will have their own way. And I think Carlos will find it.”
Regarding number 1, the tennis player believes that you should not look at the points: “or he must worry too much about the points, but he is 19 years old and he looks at the classification. Look to be number two, three, four, or even one again…”