NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz will have an additional coach with him when the 2025 season begins.
The four-time Grand Slam champion has hired Samuel Lopez to work alongside Juan Carlos Ferrero, who has coached the Spaniard since he was 15 years old.
Lopez has coached Ferrero, among other players. Alcaraz, 21, believes the pairing can help push him back to the top of the rankings.
“I think Samuel, for me, is one of the best coaches that we have on tour,” Alcaraz said Tuesday, the day before a scheduled exhibition match against Ben Shelton at Madison Square Garden.
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“They trust each other 100 percent and being able to travel with both, for me, it’s going to be great. I think I’m going to grow as a player thanks to them. I think we are going to work pretty hard and pretty good for the next season and the next years. Hopefully we are going to make good results together.”
Lopez was a member of Spain’s Olympic team in 2000 and 2012. He had been working with Pablo Carreño Busta, who thanked his coach for nine seasons together in an Instagram post this weekend.
