Carlos Alcaraz is having fun with some relaxation proper now, however he’ll quickly start getting ready for subsequent season. The previous world No. 1 might be joyful together with his achievements in 2024, having received two Grand Slam titles, a Masters 1000, an ATP 500 and the silver medal on the Paris Olympics over the summer season.
Nonetheless, this yr he confirmed the younger Spaniard the place he can nonetheless enhance. The 21-year-old from Murcia has reached spectacular peaks, changing into the youngest ever to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the identical season, however ended 2024 in third place within the ATP rankings.
The 4-time Grand Slam champion is nearly 5000 factors behind his nice rival Jannik Sinner, regardless of successful his personal variety of Main titles in 2024 and defeating him thrice in as many official clashes.
Carlos Alcaraz, Davis Cup Finals 2024© Stream screenshot
Which means that the previous world no 1 should develop when it comes to consistency, avoiding these frequent ups and downs that he has all the time had because the starting of his profession. As well as, Carlitos isn’t but aggressive sufficient in indoor situations and struggles to play his greatest tennis within the final part of the season.
His disappointing outcomes on the Rolex Paris Masters and the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin allowed Sascha Zverev to overhaul him within the ATP rating. The Spaniard would be the No.3 seed on the 2025 Australian Open, which is why he might face Sinner within the semifinals.
The world No. 3 will play an exhibition match with Ben Shelton at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard in December after which start coaching for subsequent season.
Carlitos’ schedule in 2025
The 4-time Grand Slam champion will do the preparation in Spain collectively together with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and can follow with the younger Briton Jack Draper for a number of days.
As in earlier years, the previous world no 1 is not going to play any official event earlier than the Australian Open. The AO is the one Grand Slam event that the Spanish ace has not but received and his greatest lead to Melbourne was the quarterfinals reached this yr (when he was defeated by German ace Zverev in 4 units).
Carlos Alcaraz, Davis Cup Finals 2024© Stream screenshot
The primary Main of the season will happen from January 12-26, and Carlitos needs to develop into the youngest participant ever to win 5 Grand Slam titles. After the AO, the Spaniard might play the Davis Cup from January 31 to February 2. In contrast to lately, the 21-year-old from Murcia is not going to play tournaments on crimson clay in South America however shall be current on the Rotterdam ATP 500 from 2 to 9 February.
The sensation is that Alcaraz needs to enhance his abilities in indoor situations and the Dutch event provides a very distinctive entry checklist (world no 1 Sinner may even be current). After Rotterdam, the Spanish champion will play the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and Miami. Alcaraz shall be trying to win his third title in a row in California, whereas in Florida he’ll attempt to replicate the triumph in 2022.
Andy Roddick on Alcaraz and Sinner
Regardless of having some difficulties in 2024, Carlitos was the one participant who repeatedly put Sinner in bother. The Italian ace – who has been virtually unstoppable this yr – misplaced to Alcaraz in Indian Wells semifinal, Roland Garros semifinal and Beijing closing (in the most effective match of the whole season).
On the newest version of his podcast, former world No. 1 Andy Roddick in contrast the season of those two younger champions: “Jannik set the record in Turin, least amount of games ever lost in a world tour final. Putting beat downs on the best players in the world at the end of the season, all while having this case over his head. I mean running out of superlatives.”
The former American ace also added: “He’s the perfect participant on this planet when there’s not one thing slippery underneath his feat, and I do not know it is up for query at this level. Clay is clearly very completely different, grass may be very completely different. Carlos Alcaraz has risen on these issues, Carlos did not play a full season, he was injured a bunch of the occasions, we’re gonna go much more in these match ups over time. He does have the sport that bothers Sinner greater than anybody else on planet earth on this present second.”
The hope of followers is that the Italian and the Spaniard will lastly face one another in a Grand Slam closing subsequent yr. These two gamers are destined to make tennis historical past and their rivalry is paying homage to that between Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Their clashes are really spectacular and their method of deciphering tennis creates an ideal distinction of kinds that trendy tennis must develop.
