By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, December 5, 2024
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The formidable pairing of Novak Djokovic and new coach Andy Murray prompts double imaginative and prescient in Carlos Alcaraz.
Reigning Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion Alcaraz met with about eight journalists in a round-table Q&A on the Essex Home on Central Park South in New York Metropolis on Tuesday—a day earlier than dealing with Ben Shelton in The Backyard Cup at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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A relaxed Alcaraz, clad in beige Nike sweats, was in good spirits, smiled usually and coated a big selection of subjects through the Q&A that spanned about 13 minutes.
Requested his response to the pairing of former world No. 1 superstars Djokovic and Murray, Alcaraz joked his diploma of issue has now doubled.
“It seems like I’m going to play towards them [both],” Alcaraz mentioned with a smile.
The third-ranked Spaniard, who misplaced to Djokovic within the Olympic gold-medal match in Paris, mentioned he sees the partnership of Olympic champions as a win-win.
Alcaraz mentioned Murray is “the proper coach” for Djokovic and predicts the pairing of two iconic Massive 4 champions will probably be “large for tennis” and generate international curiosity within the sport as nicely.
“I feel he discovered the proper one. Djokovic discovered the proper coach,” Alcaraz mentioned.
“If Andy agree of being [Novak’s] coach it is as a result of I feel he feels he’s prepared to do this job. And seeing them round and understanding that Andy Murray is gonna be a coach, I feel is gonna be large for tennis.
“Once I noticed it, I used to be like ‘What’s happening?’ I feel it’s nice. I feel he deserves to be his coach and I feel it’s gonna be an ideal group.”
The 2022 US Open champion Alcaraz is increasing his personal teaching group.
Alcaraz has added Samuel Lopez, who coached Pablo Carreno Busta for years, to his teaching group headed by former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Alcaraz spoke on what he hopes Lopez can convey to his group through the round-table interview with the media on Tuesday. Extra to return on Alcaraz’s teaching group and his relationship with former French Open champion Ferrero.
