Carlos Alcaraz is making ready in Melbourne for the extremely anticipated Australian Open 2025, a Slam by which all the best tennis gamers on the planet will take part. The Spanish champion has landed in Melbourne and can maintain his first coaching session as we speak – in a couple of hours.
His distinctive sparring accomplice will probably be Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, who got here near the ultimate on the Brisbane Worldwide a couple of days in the past. The Frenchman – who beat Nick Kyrgios within the first spherical – was then eradicated by Reilly Opelka.
An attention-grabbing take a look at for the 4-time Slam champion, who will compete with one of the vital in-form gamers of this early season, who has one of the vital highly effective serves on the Tour.
The 21-year-old Spaniard, who performed the pre-season in the course of winter, with low temperatures in Villena, will quickly attempt to acclimatize to the markedly completely different circumstances in Australia. Alcaraz has by no means gone past the quarterfinals on the Pleased Slam. A consequence that definitely can’t fulfill him.
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“I know that sooner or later I will win the Australian Open. Mine has been a year of ups and downs, but still positive, I still get emotional when I watch the videos of Paris and London.
But I am a very ambitious person and I want to win the Australian Open to complete the Career Grand Slam. I want 2025 to be even more exciting, I want more. If I win, I will get a tattoo of a kangaroo, even if my father doesn’t like it very much. Being champion there is my main goal for next season,” stated the previous number one a couple of days in the past earlier than leaving for Australia.
We recall Carlitos will probably be one of many fundamental favorites to win the event, with the defending champion Sinner and the 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic. Every of the three champions I discussed above has very sturdy causes and ambitions to wish to win the event. Alcaraz desires the Profession Grand Slam and the primary Australian Main. Jannik desires to defend the title and Nole desires to win the twenty fifth Slam (and one centesimal title) of his wonderful profession.
