Carlos Alcaraz arrives at a defining fortnight with four Grand Slam titles already secured at just 23 years old.
Traveling to Turin for Masters
Fresh off winning the Paris Masters 1000 on Sunday, Alcaraz slept at his home in Murcia before heading out, as reported by Marca. Alcaraz travels to Turin on Wednesday, November 11, alongside his team to begin preparations for the ATP Finals at the Inalpi Arena.
His schedule includes a light opening session with coach Samuel López followed by intensive workouts with Rafael Jódar, Ben Shelton, and Flavio Cobolli, according to Marca. Juan Carlos Ferrero will also join parts of Shelton’s practice sessions, Marca reported.
Chasing Missing Trophies
Alcaraz still needs the ATP Finals and the Davis Cup to complete a dominant haul of remaining major honors. Last year, the Spaniard reached the Turin title match before falling to Jannik Sinner in a home-crowd final.
Sinner will miss this edition due to a knee injury, leaving Alcaraz as a top favorite following hard-court victories in Tokyo, Vienna, and Paris after recovering from a wrist injury that sidelined him for nearly five months, Punto de Break noted.
Building Toward History
Beyond Turin, Alcaraz has the Davis Cup finals in Bologna circled on his calendar as Spain seeks its first title since 2019, Punto de Break reported. Spain enters the tournament as a clear favorite with a squad featuring Alcaraz, Jódar, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Marcel Granollers, and Pedro Martínez under captain David Ferrer, according to Punto de Break and El Correo.
El Correo noted that Alcaraz currently holds seven of the nine Masters 1000 shields, requiring only Canada and Shanghai in 2027 to surpass Sinner as the youngest player to complete that set. Alcaraz aims for Olympic gold in Los Angeles after taking silver in Paris, keeping him on track for historic milestones before his mid-twenties, according to both Punto de Break and El Correo.
Nadal and Federer Missed Certain Masters 1000 Titles
To understand the difficulty of claiming every Masters 1000 title, neither Rafael Nadal nor Roger Federer managed to complete the full set, as the sources point out: the Mallorcan never triumphed in Shanghai, Paris, and Miami, while the Swiss legend failed to conquer Monte Carlo and Rome.
Looking further ahead, Alcaraz will be 29 years old for the 2032 Brisbane Games, keeping Olympic contention open well into the future with the possibility of matching Andy Murray as the sole male player with two individual Olympic singles gold medals if he triumphs in Los Angeles.
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