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 dealing with 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 usually and lined a wide 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 issue has now doubled.
“It looks like I’m going to play towards them [both],” Alcaraz mentioned with a smile.
The third-ranked Spaniard, who misplaced to Djokovic within the Olympic gold-medal match in Paris, mentioned he sees the partnership of Olympic champions as a win-win.
Alcaraz mentioned Murray is “the proper coach” for Djokovic and predicts the pairing of two iconic Huge 4 champions will likely be “enormous for tennis” and generate international curiosity within the recreation as properly.
“I believe he discovered the proper one. Djokovic discovered the proper coach,” Alcaraz mentioned.
“If Andy agree of being [Novak’s] coach it is as a result of I believe he feels he’s prepared to do this job. And seeing them round and figuring out that Andy Murray is gonna be a coach, I believe is gonna be enormous for tennis.
“After I noticed it, I used to be like ‘What’s occurring?’ I believe it’s nice. I believe he deserves to be his coach and I believe it’s gonna be an incredible staff.”
The 2022 US Open champion Alcaraz is increasing his personal teaching staff.
Alcaraz has added Samuel Lopez, who coached Pablo Carreno Busta for years, to his teaching staff headed by former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Alcaraz spoke on what he hopes Lopez can deliver to his staff in the course of the round-table interview with the media on Tuesday. Extra to return on Alcaraz’s teaching staff and his relationship with former French Open champion Ferrero.
