Carlos Alcaraz spoke openly in Media Day of the Australian Open on the topic that everyone wanted to know: the professional break with his, now former coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero: “It is a chapter of my life whose end had to come now. We decided it this way and I am very grateful for everything I have learned together. Thanks to him I am the player I am today.”
He will thus play his first major tournament without Ferrero on his bench, although he insisted that the work structure did not change: “The team is practically the same as last year. Only one member is missing. The routines and preparation have been very similar.”
The Spaniard announced on December 17 about the end of his sporting relationship with the coach and announced to Samuel López, who was already working at the Teamas the sole person responsible for the tennis player’s career.
Ferrero took over Alcaraz’s career in 2018, when the tennis player was 15 years old, and was not yet on the ATP circuit thanks, in large part, to the mediation of his agent, Albert Molina.
Regarding his aspirations, the Spaniard did not hide the importance of completing the so-called “Career Grand Slam”, although he avoided comparing it with other great achievements: “Completing it would be impressive, but winning three Grand Slams is also impressive. It is a decision that would need time to think about.”
He will debut against Adam Walton, whom he already beat in June 2025 at Queen’s 6-4, 7-6 (4), and acknowledged that the Australian tournament is his “main objective” of the season: “I’m hungry, I’m really looking forward to it and I think I’ve had a great preseason. I feel prepared to compete at the highest level.”
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