Carlos Alcaraz He knows that on grass, more than on any other surface, it is important to be in a permanent attacking position. Dominating and hitting before your rival is synonymous with a point.
That is why the Murcian is clear that on the Wimbledon grass the use of the volley is another weapon. Only Lorenzo Musetti, Tommy Paul, Quentin Halys, Ben Shelton, Jan-Lennard Struff and Giovanni Perricard have gone up several times to finish the point in the red. Carlitos has won 110 of the 163 approaches, which gives an effectiveness percentage of 67 percent. A total of 24 of those 110 points have been doing serve and volley, something he does less on hard or on land.
What is planned is the style that I have to follow, I must be aggressive and be in attacking positions
Daniil Medvedevhis rival this Friday in the repeat of last year’s semi-final, It has 132 ups and downs 87. “What is planned is the style I have to follow in these types of situations. Obviously, I cannot have the blows planned or what I am going to do at all times, because in the end you don’t know what the other is going to do either. But you have to be aggressive, go for it,” the young man acknowledges.
Juan Carlos Ferrero highlights the qualities of his pupil and the ability to vary the initial game scheme in the middle of the match depending on what happens: “With Tommy Paul we had to change the tactics and start playing slower. The faster you play to Paul, the faster he returns the ball to you. Carlos is being able to solve the problems “The Murcian has become a strategist alongside Ferrero: “If the other player gets into an attacking position, you have nothing to do but defend and wait for your moment. But if the opportunity comes to you at the first blow. For the rest or the second, I have to go for them. And that’s what I tell myself every time that moment comes, what my team tells me. And many times it goes well, other times not so well, but the feelings are positive. “.
Points from the white line
Carlitos is also the second semi-finalist -after Musetti- who has won the most points from deep. Accumulate 307 of 602 played, which means 51 percent success. Medvedev is behind the Spaniard from the white line, with a 273/548.
Juanqui asks for calm and gives Marc M�rquez as an example: “Marc is outstanding, he had an injury and has not won for more than 1,000 days.”
