‘It was more than Carlos Alcaraz could have dreamed off at…’, says expert

The emergence of Carlos Alcaraz was slowed down by an injury that could take him number one in the ATP ranking. The Spanish tennis player prepares his return to activity, which will take place on South American clay. Alcaraz looks impatient to return to the circuit and recover the sensations that at his young age already made him become the best in the world. “I really want to compete again. More than ever, because I have never been so long without doing it. It is being a hard road, ”acknowledged the Murcian to the EFE agency. Alcaraz explained that he has kept watching the Australian Open tennis, where two of the survivors could take the number one in the world from him: “Sometimes I watch the matches and think that I am the one who could be there. This rest has been good for me to realize the things I can do better, both on and off the track”. “I’m aware of what (Stefanos) Tsitsipas and (Novak) Djokovic do, but I’m not worried. If either of them takes number one from me, it will be because he deserves it more than me,” he added. Alcaraz missed the first Grand Slam of the season due to injury, but he has already announced his return to the slopes for the Argentine Open. It should be noted that precisely in the South American tour on brick dust last year, he began to achieve positive results by obtaining his first ATP 500 in Rio. Do you think Carlos Alcaraz will regain his place as number one in the world at one point this season?

Steve Flink opens up on Alcaraz

According to tennis writer Steve Flink, Carlos Alcaraz will have to cope with the pressure of expectations. “It’s always fun when you’re on the way up. That was a sharp climb for him and then suddenly he finds himself in a position to finish the year at No. 1, and he manages to do it. It was more than he could have dreamed off at the start. I am sure he would have hoped for maybe a top 5 in the world which would have been the ceiling but gets to No. 1. Now, anything less than that this year, or anything less than winning another Major it all can start playing with your mind,” Flink stressed. “I think he is a very strong-minded character, very disciplined, determined and very mature but this year is going to be a tricky year, psychologically. Going back to Miami and Madrid and the places where he succeeded and try to defend titles and then trying to see if he can do a little better than the quarters of the French Open, see if he can have a better Wimbledon and finally going back and trying to defend the US Open,” the American sports journalist explained.