Former Spanish tennis player Nicolas
Almagro believes that the current world number two Carlos Alcaraz will not keep
making the same mistakes in the future.
The 20-year-old is often called the most highly-rated young men’s singles tennis player currently playing in
the circuit.
However, despite all that talent,
Alcaraz has had a bit of a rough patch in the recent past. He lost in the round
of 16 of the Shanghai Masters to Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov with a score of
5-7, 6-2, 6-4.
Almagro was recently quoted in a
report where he suggested that Alcaraz is going through a tough patch but
believes that the two-time Grand Slam winner will not keep making the same mistakes
in the future.
“It must be complicated to be in
this situation,” said the 38-year-old. “I think that being able to handle this
type of circumstances has to be very difficult, I know that Carlos – he is very
ambitious, I know that his dream is to finish number one.
“He also has to have a great
Masters Cup (ATP Finals) in Turin. He still has tournaments ahead of him and we
will see how he performs. Personally, I think he has everything under control,
or so I want to think, but it not only depends on him, but also on Djokovic, on
how he is physically and mentally.
“The final part of the season is a
bit difficult for him, but we hope that with this rest he can reach both Paris
and Turin in the best possible way. I have not seen a downturn in Alcaraz, the
year is very long, there are many games, many kilometres, many celebrations and
emotions, It is a lot.
“I
have learned everything – that he has been on the circuit for a year and
everything that is happening to him is logical and normal. It has never
happened to Carlos and I am clear that in the coming years this type of errors
or declines in certain tournaments will not happen to him.”
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