Carlos Alcaraz admits the importance of Juan Carlos Ferrero in his success.
Carlos Alcaraz praised his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, saying: “everything I’ve done is thanks to him”. Alcaraz, who turned 20 in May, began working with 2003 Roland-Garros champion Ferrero in 2019.
Ferrero, a former world number 1, has done wonders with Alcaraz so far, as the 20-year-old Spaniard is already a two-time Grand Slam champion, a five-time Masters champion and is also ranked world number 1. Returning of his four years with Ferrero, Alcaraz believes the Spanish tennis legend is not only his coach, but also like a second father to him.
Alcaraz: Everything I’ve done, I owe to Ferrero.
“He was my mentor.
Everything I’ve done is thanks to him. I learned a lot from him, not only on a professional level, but also on a personal level. He is my second father, so he is very important to me.
Everything that I went through in the beginning, he went through then, and I learned how to deal with the hard times, you know, and the first stages of everything. So it’s thanks to him that I am the person and the player I am today,” said Alcaraz. Recently, Alcaraz won their first Wimbledon title by beating Novak Djokovic in the final.
After the win, coach Ferrero admitted winning Alcaraz gave him “wonderful feelings”, but he also pointed out that the 20-year-old had worked hard before achieving such a feat.I see a lot of emotion, a lot of work.
Many people see our victory, but behind it are many hours of work and a lot of time spent away from home. At the start of the tournament we knew it was hard to win, but we had just won the Queen’s and it cost nothing to dream.
Even though he didn’t start his final very well, he learned from what happened in Paris. We have reason to be excited and to think big with Carlos. He gave us something wonderful and it’s hard to express how I feel in words,” Ferrero told Spanish radio station COPE after Alcaraz won Wimbledon.
2023-08-13 09:00:25
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