Carlos Alcaraz returns this Thursday to the center court of the All England Club 347 days after being crowned Wimbledon champion, in its 2023 edition.
The Murcian will exercise for 45 minutes with Daniil Medvedev. It will be the first time I train on the competition slopes this year. Tennis players, without exception, They only have two days to prepare on the competition courts the week before the tournament.
They have a maximum of 30 minutes, which can be extended up to an hour if they do it with another competitor such as Medvedev.. Carlitos stepped for the first time the grass of the main court of the third major in the round of 16 of the competition, in 2022, against Jannik Sinner. I ended up losing.
It was a before and after, as he recalled in MARCA: “Playing at Wimbledon headquarters blocked me, I was in shock. I didn’t know how to manage playing on that court. It was hard to adapt to it. No. “I couldn’t tell you why, it is the cathedral of tennis, everything is so beautiful and it felt different.”
first to play
Be the current champion gives some privileges such as being the first to step onto the green of the main court of the All England Club next Monday, July 1. It will be from 1:30 p.m. in London, one hour more in Spain. The rival will be known after the draw that will be held this Friday.
The tennis player from El Palmar will play for the eighth time in the considered cathedral of tenniswhich elevated the last campaign with the historic final won in five sets against Novak Djokovic.
