Paul Annacone analyzed intimately the second a part of Carlos Alcaraz’s season, indicating the second by which the Spaniard took a flip for the more severe.
The previous coach of Roger Federer and Pete Sampras recognized the defeat suffered on the Paris Olympics in opposition to Novak Djokovic because the turning level of the younger Spaniard’s season. Annacone thinks that exact second was the turning level within the Spaniard’s season. And he was not the identical participant for the remainder of the season, because the American coach defined in an interview with Tennis Channel.
“It’s important to discover what motivates you and keep it up. I feel Carlos Alcaraz is a joyful participant. I feel he misplaced a bit of little bit of that pleasure this 12 months, for a mess of causes. I feel solely getting a silver medal in Paris, which is a superb end result however not for him, broke his coronary heart a bit of bit. And I feel that affected the remainder of the summer season and the season as an entire,” he defined.
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The 21-year-old four-time Grand Slam champion had a really profitable first a part of the summer season, when he received the French Open and Wimbledon Championships again to again. After profitable the clay-court Main for the primary time and efficiently defending the title on the grass in London, Carlitos had his sights firmly set on the Paris Olympics. He had arrived on the clay-court occasion as the large favourite for the gold medal, however Novak Djokovic defeated him in two tie-breaks in a really shut remaining, profitable the much-coveted Olympic gold medal and finishing the Profession Golden Slam.
We recall Alcaraz received a complete of 4 titles in 2024: BNP Paribas Open of Indian Wells, French Open, Wimbledon Championships, China Open. He additionally received 3 matches on 3 challenges performed in opposition to the ATP No.1 Jannik Sinner. He additionally performed – as I stated above – the ultimate of the Paris Olympics, and finale of the Six Kings Slam exhibition, shedding in that case in opposition to Sinner (in what was an exhibition, and never an official match).
