Carlos Alcaraz’s flawless 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in two hours and 42 minutes to down top seed Jannik Sinner came on the back of a 15-day camp where the focus was on taking down the Italian exclusively.
“I think it was very important, because we maybe practised for 15 days, very focused on the details that we have to improve to play against Jannik,” Juan Carlos Ferrero was quoted as saying by atptour.com. He revealed how the coaching team and the 22-year-old reviewed Sinner’s hard court game. “We know that in this kind of surface, on hard courts, Jannik is always very difficult to play and (is) winning a lot of matches. I think it helped a lot, because he realised what he has to improve a lot, and I was very focused on it.”
Ferrero charmingly said it was something easy to see (and analyse), but tough to do (execute). “I think we prepared the match very good, watching some matches and seeing the specific details we had to play. Carlos did 100 per cent (of what he needed to). It’s easy to say and very difficult to do it,” Ferrero said. “The performance today was perfect. I think he compromised (with) himself to go for the match all the time, tried to put pressure on the rival sooner than Jannik. I think it’s one of the keys,” Ferrero elaborated to ATP on the quickness of ball striking.
One of the greatest baseline overheads you’ll see, courtesy of Carlos Alcaraz. pic.twitter.com/JTh2A9GCOL
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“I think these guys hit the ball, both of them, very, very fast, and I think who hits first takes the advantage on points. Carlos has maybe more variety (in) his game, and he can do more, like slice, go to the net, and do more things than maybe Jannik. But I think it helps a lot to change a little bit the way of the game.”
The variety ofcourse helped Alcaraz throughout the tournament, including in the final but his serving stated phenomenal through the fortnight. Alcaraz made 98 of 101 service games in the tournament and faced just one break point against the Italian, who converted his lone opportunity, in the second set.
“I think in this moment it’s maybe the moment that he has more improvement in his serve, and it’s been very useful on the court, and in important moments he’s using it a lot. During all Cincinnati and also during all US Open, I think the serve is one of the keys to win the tournaments, for sure.”
The coach has also always encouraged Alcaraz to enjoy his time on court and the sixth Major got reeled in “We’re talking all the time that he has to try to have joy on the court all the time and try to be not too stressed on the court and try to go for the points. The way he plays, I think it’s a little bit easier than maybe (for) others.”
With a 10-5 ATP Head2Head against Sinner, Alcaraz also split the 2025 spoils.
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“I would say that the match was perfect for Carlos,” Ferrero said. “And the performance was unbelievable.”
