Alcaraz has 2022 in comparison though “just” won four events. In Madrid, the teenager defeated out Murcia however, Nadal and Novak Djokovic after another. No one had ever done that before on sand. In the final he rolled over Alexander Zverev. The Spaniard did not travel to the last showdown in Rome to save energy. In the quarter-finals in Paris, the right-hander seeded six could meet Zverev again. The German number one was accordingly served by the draw.
Alcaraz omnipresent in Paris
Graced on Friday Alcaraz the cover of France’s popular and globally recognized French sports daily L’Equipe. With the appropriate knowledge of French, those interested can create an emotional home story out of Murcia read: the green ball wall in a car park, which he abused as a 7-year-old, the outstanding athletic skills across all sports, which frightened his mother and encouraged his father to encourage him, and recently by Alcaraz acquired property, lying right in the middle between Murcias poorer and nobler quarters as proof of family modesty.
“Will fight for the title in Paris”
Alcaraz Like Nadal, he is always courteous and modest. Also the New York Times visited him recently; the management skilfully filters the countless inquiries. Surprisingly, he was not on the list of press conferences on the media day, but did in the Mixed zone various short TV interviews. Had in Madrid Alcaraz last time he spoke publicly in a press round with a mix of humility and self-image: “Just because I won in Barcelona and beat Djokovic and Nadal in Madrid doesn’t mean I consider myself the best player in the world. This win in Madrid gives me a lot of confidence for Roland Garros. I will fight for the title with all my might in Paris.”
The spectators in third place whispered several times about the 19-year-old’s hard impact, which is already unparalleled on the ATP-Tour and most likely at Juan Martin del Potro remind. Coupled with above-average ball feeling, outstanding decision-making and few mental weaknesses so far, he instills fear in his opponents.
Alcaraz and the amazing development boost
Trained since he was 15 years old Alcaraz in the academy of Zverev’s extrainer Juan Carlos Ferrero in Alicante, who has given the easy-to-manage talent discipline and a scary physical development spurt. Ever since he reached the quarterfinals of a men’s tournament after qualifying at the age of 14, things have been rushing Alcaraz from success to success.
Striking: In the anti-doping statistics of the world association ITF it can be read that Alcaraz 2021 was the least tested player in the top ten. He was tested six times in tournaments, not once in so-called unannounced “out-of-competition testing” In training in his home country of Spain. How often he was also found by the Spanish anti-doping agency (Aepsad) was left unanswered by the agency on request. During the Corona peak phase, the Spaniards had to admit that they had not been tested at all for several months across all sports to have.
Only since January in the doping test pool
The world association ITF wrote on request that Alcaraz will only be included in the international test pool (IRTP) was included, in which the player must indicate where he is and a certain number of the in battle against EPO– and blood doping must submit such important blood tests for the biological blood passport.
Alcaraz has played its way up so quickly that neither competitors nor test systems can keep up. Anything but a quarter-final duel against Zverev in the middle of next week should come as a surprise.