Lhe third day of competition at Wimbledon was passed through water. While the matches of the day remained interrupted, Carlos Alcaraz He found a gap to exercise for almost an hour with the British sparring partner, Adam Jones, 1,164 in the ATP ranking.
The Murcian is already one more in the neighborhood, where he settled 20 days ago when he landed in London to prepare for the Queen’s Open 500. He chose the same house as last season.
The tenants of the house, rented a few meters from the All England Club, were the tennis player, samuel lopez (coach), Alberto Lledo (physical trainer), Sergio Hernandez (physiotherapist) and his father Carlos Alcaraz.
Since last week, when there was a change of units in the world number one team, Carlitos has been accompanied by JJuan Carlos Ferrero (technician), Juanjo Moreno (physio), Juanjo López (doctor) and Albert Molina (agent). He trains with them and lives with them.
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He has left his Wimbledon quarters to eat in central London at the Spanish restaurant Cambio de Tercio and at another Japanese restaurant, with which he had met Sergio Reguilón.
The footballer knows the capital from his time at Tottenham. “There isn’t much time to do things,” confesses Ferrero, with whom his pupil shares ludo games.
Alcaraz and his family usually eat at the club and dine at home, like a family, ordering food at home. Yesterday Abel Lusa, owner of Cambio de Tercio, sent them lunch.
The night before, hours after debuting with victory against Jeremy Chardy in the first round of the British great, they went to the town of Wimbledon to taste the Argentine meat of the Buenos Aires restaurant. The tennis player is one of those who always has time for a photograph or a signature when they stop him. Her smile is one of her hallmarks.
In the prelude to his second game against Alexandre Muller, he played Japanese food, a routine he never leaves. What happens is that the organization has scheduled its second commitment for tomorrow due to the accumulation of delays due to rain.
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Every time the grass tour approaches, Ferrero gives his disciple homework, which involves watching matches by Roger Federer and Andy Murray, two of the great grass specialists. “I like that he sees how they move,” says Juanqui.
The Swiss and the British closed the doors of the semifinals in the 2007 and 2009 editions.”The key to success on grass is how you move. If you know how to move, your confidence increases and you feel more comfortable. In my case, if I get to the ball well, I hit it better“, recognizes the first favorite of the table.
Alcaraz, who has Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler among his circle of friends, has made a qualitative leap with English. In barely a year, she has developed with a certain degree of ease with the language because he practices it daily with his teammates and in interviews.
After eliminating Chardy, the player from El Palmar is preparing tomorrow to knock down another Frenchman like Muller, executioner of his compatriot Rinderknech in four sets. Alexandre, number 84 in the world, lives off the results in challenger tournaments.
