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 going through 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 typically and lined a big selection of subjects in the course of 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 problem has now doubled.
“It looks like I’m going to play in opposition to them [both],” Alcaraz stated with a smile.
The third-ranked Spaniard, who misplaced to Djokovic within the Olympic gold-medal match in Paris, stated he sees the partnership of Olympic champions as a win-win.
Alcaraz stated Murray is “the precise coach” for Djokovic and predicts the pairing of two iconic Massive 4 champions might be “enormous for tennis” and generate world curiosity within the recreation as properly.
“I feel he discovered the precise one. Djokovic discovered the precise coach,” Alcaraz stated.
“If Andy agree of being [Novak’s] coach it is as a result of I feel he feels he’s prepared to try this job. And seeing them round and figuring out that Andy Murray is gonna be a coach, I feel is gonna be enormous for tennis.
“After 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 a fantastic workforce.”
The 2022 US Open champion Alcaraz is increasing his personal teaching workforce.
Alcaraz has added Samuel Lopez, who coached Pablo Carreno Busta for years, to his teaching workforce headed by former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Alcaraz spoke on what he hopes Lopez can carry to his workforce in the course of the round-table interview with the media on Tuesday. Extra to come back on Alcaraz’s teaching workforce and his relationship with former French Open champion Ferrero.
