Carlos Alcaraz He always seeks perfection, that is the key to the success of the youngest number one in history, who is seeking the round of 16 at Roland Garros this Sunday. The Murcian, who absorbed from a young age a perfect technique for hitting with his forehand and backhand –he finishes it at the top as if he were doing it with one hand-, he always had his Achilles heel in the serve.
That is why it is the movement that is most practiced during the preseason. and that is why he chooses to start subtracting in games when he wins the toss because he feels more comfortable returning. Juan Carlos Ferrero A month ago he made the decision to rearm his pupil coinciding with the land tour.
Finally, he was only able to play the Mutua Madrid Open before Roland Garros due to edema in the pronator teres of his right arm. The coach made a modification in the biomechanics of Carlitos’ service.
“Carlos made two stops when he threw his racket back and now he makes one, which helps him not lose his rhythm when serving.“, says Antonio Mart�nez Cascales, director of the Ferrero Tennis Academy.
The serve is something that I had to improve and I have made a change that will help me
The champion of two majors improves coordination, key to improving both the percentage of serves and power. “The serve was something that I had to improve. And I have made a change that I think will help me a lot to improve it. It is above all a movement issue,” says Alcaraz.
The step forward
It is not the first time that Ferrero introduces new features in the Murcian service. When they started working together “I made a biomechanical change in the abdominal area.
As a child he had been injured in that area quite a few times and I looked for a simple movement so that the back leg would help him support it a little better and that on a biomechanical level the movement would be good, simple and direct. “. The step forward is a fact.
