Carlos Alcaraz - Top 15 or straight to Turin?
Carlos Alcaraz has set great goals for the 2022 season, which is about to start. He does not even see participation in the ATP Finals as completely out of reach.
by tennisnet.com
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Dec 23, 2021, 08:09 am
It is not surprising that Carlos Alcaraz also won a prize at the end of the year. The Spanish teenager was presented with the AS Promise Award in Madrid. Alcaraz ended the 2021 tennis season number 32 in the world and will be seeded for the first time in a major at the Australian Open, which begins on January 17th. Alcaraz proved that he can succeed on the big stage with his sweeping win against Stefanos Tsitsipas at the US Open.
“This year brought my breakthrough,” said Alcaraz as part of the award. “I hope this is the beginning of something big. I will place this price high on my shelf. I am very happy that my work over the past few years has been recognized. "
Alcaraz continues to train with Ferrero
Alcaraz started the 2021 season as number 146, the first real exclamation point on the ATP tour was next to the successful qualification for the Australian Open with the semi-finals in Marbella (there Alcaraz lost to Jaume Munar). The first and so far only title followed in Umag. There Alcaraz defeated Richard Gasquet in the final. The season finale at the # NextGen Masters in Milan then turned out to be outstanding again - Carlos Alcaraz took the title.
Has that caused expectations to rise to unhealthy levels? "I don't feel any pressure," continued Alcaraz. “I am clear about my direction. I only had two or three days without training. And only one week in which I didn't attack a racket. ”Juan Carlos Ferrero, the former world number one, continues to train at the Euqelite Academy.
The short-term goals are clearly defined: “I want to go high in 2022 and hope to get into the top 15. I even want to try to qualify for Turin. It's a difficult goal, but it would be a great one at the end of the season. "