Alcaraz copied the gameplay of 'Big 4'
The number of Wimbledon Carlos Alcaraz -fifth seeds claims to be bad moving on the pitch. The 19 -year -old player improved by learning the seniors in the 'Big 4' group, who had at least twice the championship at All England Club.
"Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray are very flexible in Wimbledon," Alcaraz told Mundo Deportivo on June 26. "I tried to copy their way to improve their abilities. I always find it difficult to make a decision to speed up, move to a corner to attack or defend. Initially get used to this surface ".
Alcaraz last year in the second round of Wimbledon, losing to white Daniil Medvedev Ba Set. But, the Spanish player promoted greatly from that time, climb more than 100 steps to the top 10 in the world. In the five ATP titles, Alcaraz was crowned four times at the ground and once in a hard yard. He did not attend any grass to Wimbledon, lost two matches in the tournament at Hurlingham.
"I was involved in my elbow injury but everything was much better," Alcaraz added. "With the elbow protection devices, I can play as usual. It can be said that I have reached 100% of the condition. This does not guarantee I will play well in Wimbledon. This is the harshest Grand Slam, Nothing is sure. My goal is to try to win as much as possible. "
Alcaraz last month was expected by many experts and the media to win the first Grand Slam in Roland Garros, but stopped in the quarterfinals against Alexander Zverev. Last year he also entered the US quarter -finals and earlier this year in the third round of the Australian expansion. The number of years will meet Jan-Lennard Struff in the opening match of Wimbledon today.
Alcaraz said that itself has been expected too much in recent months. He said: "Every failure makes you disappointed. People always want me to win, see me as a candidate to win every tournament. The truth is not so, because tennis is very harsh. I try not to not try not For my relatives to be disappointed, but first I play for myself. My journey ahead is still very long, should not expect too much. "