Carlos Alcaraz has set his stall out to get closer to the Big Three as well as his main rivals that he named as
Novak Djokovic,
Jannik Sinner and also Alexander Zverev. The latter due to his Head to Head record against him being in favour of the German.
Alcaraz will begin his South American Clay Court journey for 2024 at Argentina Open Buenos Aires over the next week and ahead of the tournament, he goes in full of confidence with the return of coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero. Despite the fact that he lost to Zverev in Melbourne in a pretty poor effort, he will look to start to achieve his goals and get back on pace with his rivals in 2024.
“I think Djokovic and Sinner are the rivals to beat, there is no doubt, both for me and for everyone. Zverev also has the winning head-to-head against me, he's a rival I have very much in my mind, but I do think that Djokovic and Sinner are at the top right now," said Alcaraz in Buenos Aires. “I’m a very competitive, very ambitious guy. I always want to win everything, it is what drives me to continue training at my highest level, to continue going to the tournaments with a lot of desire to get more titles. Seeing Djokovic up there, the players who are winning titles now, is something that motivates me to be able to be at the same level as them; also speaking of the Big Three, it motivates me to get closer to them.”
“My current level is very good, I’m playing with a lot of confidence, at a good level. I’ve just come from playing good tennis in Australia, my training days on clay have been very good, I’m physically at a very high level. I’ve always been very ambitious, I want to win everything, that’s what drives me to continue at the highest level.
“Some small things I have improved. The off-court is very important and influences the on-court, that’s something I’m improving. Very important for the issue of injuries is nutrition, rest. Something that maybe before, which is logical because of my age, I missed a little bit and I didn’t do it. Little by little we are improving. Those little things off the court avoid injuries for sure, it’s something I’m taking into account for this year.”
