Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the 2021 US Open quarterfinals injured. Quadriceps and adductor could not withstand the effort of a body in full construction but still to be supported. The preseason accelerated the process that was evolving during the past year. The man from Murcia was called “strips” or “spaghetti” because there was no way he could gain corpulence. A large and multidisciplinary team was in charge of taking advantage of the innate capacity for work and sacrifice of the Murcian to mold his body and mind in accordance with exploiting his special quality for tennis.
The data of the final of the Open USA 2022 between Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud
As a center, JC Ferrero Equelite Academy of Villena (Alicante), where Antonio Martínez Cascales He worked with Juan Carlos Ferrero, who won the Davis Cup, a Roland Garros and, paradoxes of life, reached world number 1 even losing the 2003 US Open final against Andy Roddick.
The Valencian has directed Alcaraz’s career for four years, who captivated him by causing him to make many trips to Murcia to train at first. After a bad experience with Alexander Zverev, Ferrero opted to mold an undisputed phenomenon from adolescence.
He rehearsed the serve a lot during the covid break, giving consistency to creative and complete tennis: forehand, backhand, volley, lob, drop shot. An explosive game, very fast and aggressive, with an eye on Roger Federeralthough taking as reference the closest of Rafael Nadal. Although he goes to his.
“I’m a bull”, he meant to his box during the 5h.15′ match against Jannik Sinner. He has chained three marathons in a row, but recovers quickly, with ice baths, massages and a careful diet. He’s ready. He gained five kilos of pure muscle, increased his endurance capacity, without losing flexibility.
A perfect tennis player’s body, watched over by the doctor Juanjo Lopezsculpted by physical trainers Albert Lledó and Álex Sánchezcare by physios and recuperators Juanjo Moreno, Fran Rubio and Sergio Hernandez. the psychologist Isabel Balaguer watch the mental part, after having done it before Josefina Cutillas. A large group that is divided between Murcia and Villena.
Front row Juan Carlos Ferrero, Albert Molina, Juanjo Moreno, Juanjo Lopez and Alvaro Alcaraz, from left to right
“I’m a little tired, but if necessary they take me out on a stretcher,” says Alcaraz, who has had a Albert Molina (IMG) as manager. He always sits next to Ferrero. Then Moreno and Lopez. One of his brothers closes the first row, Alvaro. Behind him, his father and his paternal grandfather, the other Carlos, who inoculated Carlitos with a passion for tennis. Along with grandfather Angel Ruiz-Cotorroin his role as doctor of the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET).
An image of the team after the victory of Carlos Alcaraz in the Madrid tournament at the Caja Mágica this year
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