Carlos Alcaraz has began making ready for subsequent season, wherein he will probably be one of the crucial anticipated gamers by followers and insiders. The Spaniard is simply 21 years previous, however he has already gained 4 Grand Slam titles and 5 Masters 1000, turning into the youngest ever to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the identical season.
Regularity is the facet that Carlitos lacked in 2024 and is the principle cause why he occupies the third place within the ATP rating behind Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev. The 21-year-old from Murcia is aware of he has to work on his consistency throughout the yr, in any other case he won’t be able to bridge the hole of just about 5000 factors that separates him from the Italian ace.
Carlos Alcaraz, ATP Finals 2024© Stream screenshot
The present world No. 3 performed a pair of exhibition matches in the USA in early December, in opposition to Ben Shelton in New York and Frances Tiafoe in Charlotte respectively, earlier than beginning coaching in Spain together with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero. Ferrero will now not be his solely coach in 2025, however will probably be joined by Samuel Lopez (former coach of Spanish veteran Pablo Carreno Busta). The latter will comply with Alcaraz in some tournaments within the new season, reminiscent of the celebrated Rotterdam ATP 500 in February.
Not like in previous years, the 4-time Grand Slam champion won’t play tournaments on crimson clay in South America after the Australian Open. The younger Spaniard desires to enhance his degree in indoor situations, the place he struggles loads to play his finest tennis and to impose his rhythm as on different surfaces. His first objective in 2025 would be the AO, the place he has by no means gone past the quarterfinals up so far of his profession. Carlos will play the Rotterdam event in February, earlier than the Indian Wells Masters 1000 wherein he’ll attempt to win for the third yr in a row.
Alcaraz will play in Puerto Rico
In the meantime – in response to studies from ‘El Nuevo Dia’ – Alcaraz will play an exhibition match with Frances Tiafoe in Puerto Rico on March 2, 2025. This efficiency will probably be a part of an occasion in tribute to Monica Puig and can happen on the Coliseo José Miguel Agrelot.
On the newest version of the ‘Nothing Major’ podcast, former American ace John Isner invited the Spanish ace to handle his schedule nicely: “None of us blame Carlos for going over there and picking up two huge cheques, but Sinner seems to be laying low after his fantastic year, going back to work and keeping a low profile.
I think they’ll both be ready for Australia, but if Carlos doesn’t have a good performance at the Australian Open, a lot of people are going to come down on him because he was in the States in December playing exhibition matches instead of preparing. I don’t think that’s fair, but that’s the way it’s going to be.”
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The 4-time Grand Slam champion loves tennis very a lot and is at all times accessible to everybody. The previous world number one continues to be very younger and is aware of he has to enhance from some factors of view, reminiscent of managing his schedule at sure occasions of the season. Within the final two years, Carlitos has arrived very drained on the final occasions of the ATP calendar and has not been in a position to play his finest tennis.
Carlitos loves his household
The 21-year-old from Murcia will attempt to enhance in 2025 and the assist of his staff and household will probably be essential. Alcaraz has a really shut relationship with all of the members of his household. His mother and father are sometimes in his field in a very powerful tournaments of the yr and his brother Alvaro typically follows him all over the world.
Carlitos and Alvaro spent a number of days of trip collectively within the Dominican Republic, earlier than the 2 performances of the world quantity 3 in the USA.
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In a latest interview with ‘ABC’, the Spaniard talked about his household: “Once I set foot in my house, I am under my parents’ rules. So it doesn’t matter if I’ve won two Grand Slams or fifteen. They are the ones who rule and I think that’s the beauty of it. Once I get home I forget about the tennis part and I’m the same person as always.”
He continued: “Being at dwelling, calm, with my folks. With out doing a lot, as a result of at dwelling I take pleasure in not doing massive issues, however doing the only and most pure issues. That is what characterizes me and what I take pleasure in probably the most. That is what I miss probably the most,” he added.
The Spanish champion’s new season will begin straight on the Australian Open (scheduled at Melbourne Park from 12 to 26 January).
