Juan Carlos Ferrero, coach of Carlos Alcaraz, was speaking on Carrusel Deportivo, from SER, just a few minutes after Carlos Alcaraz’s defeat, being as sincere or more sincere than his pupil. The former player analyzes the reasons for the result and the areas to improve for the Murcian.
– Deficiencies in the mental and tennis aspects
“He is still 20 years old. Many people said when he was already number one that he still has a lot of things to do and in these types of situations you can see it. On a tennis level, on these types of surfaces, we still have a little bit to do, and on a mental level, the fact of going into it knowing that you are going to have a very tough match, you have to be a little better prepared. Novak, in that aspect, has a lot of advantage over us. You have to work everything, but you have to get used to the fact that if you play at a level so high, every week you have the demand to win, to play against the best and that demand, sometimes, takes you to the limit of mental fatigue, which is what happened at the end of the season. In the end they are experiences that, if “he realizes and listens, obviously he can learn a lot from it and improve it a lot for next year.”
– The surface factor
“In the end, when we stayed in the locker room I told him that he has a lot of advantage on this type of surface and that he is going to play well, but we need more time. For that we have an indoor track where we train and he is going to achieve it. It ended with a very bad feeling, like feeling a little inferior, but I think that is a little far from reality. We all know that Djokovic is the best of all time and the one who is in the most shape at the moment and indoors it is done harder to beat him.”
– Are you considering changes to the calendar?
“The calendar is as it is and there are obligations on the part of the ATP to play the Masters 1000 and the ITF for the Grand Slams. Making the calendar shorter than what we have done this year is difficult. 18 tournaments have been played, which There are really quite few, but he has played many games and that is what has led him to that level of mental fatigue in the end. This is what I said the other day in an interview, he has to learn that the season is long, that it is his work and he can’t have as many breaks as he would like. If he wants to be the best he has to act like the best and be professional all year round. It is what it is and we have to accept it. The calendar is what we have.”
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