Carlos Alcaraz’s 2025 will begin instantly on the Australian Open. As lately, the younger Spanish champion won’t play any official match earlier than the Blissful Slam, wherein he’ll attempt to get a greater outcome than in previous editions. The AO is the match wherein Carlitos has performed worst up so far in his profession, not solely as a result of he has by no means received it, but in addition as a result of he has by no means gone past the quarterfinals (reached in 2024) and needed to miss it as a consequence of harm in 2023.
The present world quantity 3 is practising with nice depth in Juan Carlos Ferrero’s Academy and can fly to Australia initially of January, after which play a few exhibition matches within the week earlier than the Australian Open. The 4-time Grand Slam champion has additionally achieved wonderful ends in 2024, having received Roland Garros and Wimbledon, however ending the season virtually 5000 factors behind his nice rival Jannik Sinner was an enormous setback for him.
Carlos Alcaraz, Queens 2023© Stream screenshot
Alcaraz goals to specific a extra constant degree subsequent 12 months, in order to get nearer to the highest place of the ATP rankings once more. The 21-year-old from Murcia is working each mentally and technically, the place he’s making some adjustments to his serve. Carlos and his staff know precisely the place to intervene and the assistance of a high coach like Samuel Lopez can be crucial in 2025. Not like previous years, the Spanish champion won’t play on purple clay after the AO however will take part in tournaments on the exhausting court docket.
The previous world No.1 can be current in Rotterdam, Doha and probably even Dubai, earlier than defending his title in Indian Wells in March. Earlier than the American Masters 1000, the Spaniard included an exhibition match with Frances Tiafoe in Puerto Rico.
Rennae Stubbs on Alcaraz’s sport
On the most recent version of her well-known podcast, tennis legend Rennae Stubbs revealed the principle subject in Alcaraz’s sport: “It will be interesting to see how Carlos responds next year because obviously winning the French Open and Wimbledon is just unheard of.
It’s such a hard thing to do. But he has some question marks about playing on the hard courts against Sinner and Zverev, against these guys who have really big power.
Carlos Alcaraz, Madrid Masters© Stream screenshot
She continued: “There’s a couple of knocks I have on Carlos – and we are talking about a really high level. But I think he is not a big guy, he is like 5ft 10 or 5ft 11.
He needs to develop a flatter serve. He needs to develop his serve a bit better and I think he needs to hit his spots better.
Roger Federer wasn’t a big guy, but he could hit the corners like nobody else and I think Carlos needs to get his accuracy with his serving better and if he doesn’t hit the corners better he’s not getting free points.
Jannik Sinner gets free point after free point, Zverev free point after free point with his big massive serve.
So I think Alcaraz on a fast court like the US Open and Australian Open, he needs to get more accurate with the first serve. I also think he needs to get just a little bit better with his shot selection.”
A generational expertise
Based on many insiders, Carlitos is the brightest expertise of the final 20 years. John McEnroe topped him a number of days in the past, stating that the Spaniard has all the talents essential to make historical past on this sport. There are nonetheless a number of points on which the 21-year-old from Murcia can enhance, with the strain of getting to proceed working to maintain up with Sinner’s wonderful tempo. The Italian ace has moved the bar even larger in 2024, taking part in an virtually unreal season that has entered among the many better of all time.
Carlos Alcaraz, Laver Cup 2024© Stream screenshot
Regardless of two Majors and a Masters 1000, Alcaraz is nearly 5000 factors behind his nice rival. The world number one has left everybody speechless along with his eight titles (two Grand Slams, three Masters 1000, two ATP 500 and the Nitto ATP Finals), with a stability of 73 wins and simply 6 losses.
2025 could possibly be the appropriate 12 months to lastly see a Grand Slam closing between these two younger champions, who’re clearly destined to mark an period. Everybody’s hope is that Jannik and Carlos will enhance one another just like the Huge 3 did within the earlier period. Their rivalry is prime for the event of tennis around the globe, ready for another younger gamers to achieve their degree within the close to future. Holger Rune, Ben Shelton, Sebastian Korda, Alex Michelsen and Jakub Mensik should take an enormous step ahead in 2025.
