Carlos Alcaraz feels ready to enter the centre court at Wimbledon, the ‘Cathedral’ of world tennis, this Monday 1 July at 1:30 pm local time, 2:30 pm Spanish peninsular time.
As defending champion, he will open the main stadium of the exclusive All England Club. The Murcian already had the privilege of participating in a previous training session with the Russian Daniil Medvedevas well as the two great rivals of the Spaniard, the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Italian, were able to step on its grass Jannik Sinner. In consecutive sessions held on Thursday.
This Friday the three heavyweights of the event learned their respective paths after the draw for the draw, which was complicated for the world number 1, Sinner, who will have many obstacles to reach the hypothetical semi-final clash with Carlos Alcaraz, which has a good outlook ahead until then.
The seven-time champion would wait in the final Novak Djokovicwho will have been pleased by the draw, which should theoretically allow him to gain the competitive experience that the operation on the meniscus of his right knee has delayed. Although it is already a great achievement to have reached this tournament, when the forecasts pointed to the Paris Olympics once again, he withdrew from Roland Garros to undergo surgery.
Alcaraz, recent winner of Roland Garros, He issued a serious warning to his opponents. “I’m here to achieve the same result as last year,” he said at a promotional event with one of his sponsors, Babolat, in statements collected by the Efe Agency.
Carlos Alcaraz, training on the grass in London
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“I feel like I don’t have any injuries anymore, that I can hit it freely. I can hit it 100% without thinking about it. We’ve done a great job on it. The clay season has been difficult, but I haven’t felt any pain anymore.” , pointed out about the muscle problem in his right forearm that he controlled and overcame on his way to the Musketeers Cup at Roland Garros.
Alcaraz will debut against the Estonian Mark Lajal, 21 years old and world number 262, a rookie at a Grand Slam. Next up are Austrian Sebastian Ofner and Australian Aleksandar Vukic. In third place is American Frances Tiafoe, if he beats Italian Matteo Arnaldi. In the round of 16, Frenchman Ugo Humbert, who will have a more serious quarterfinal if he faces the American. Tommy Paul, which replaced him in the Queen’s ATP grass-court record. The Norwegian ‘earthling’ Casper Ruud is on the same side.
‘Semis’ against Jannik Sinner, who opens with the German Yannick Hanfmann and would already clash in the second round with his compatriot Matteo Berrettini or the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics. And final against Novak Djokovic, who will reappear with the Czech Vit Nettle, who in the second round would have the Danish Holger Rune and in the quarterfinals, the Polish Hubert Hurkacz. ‘Semis’ against the German Alexander Zverev.
“I’m here to achieve the same result as last year.” Serious words from Alcaraz, who is looking to defend his crown, a fourth Grand Slam at 21 years of age.
2024-06-28 17:32:13
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