Carlos Alcaraz

S'in-net

S'in-net

Semi-Pro
This guy is causing problems for the top guys in challengers these days

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In this match last night he should have been through in straights but the other guy hung on. Match finished 2 am local time

Give it three years and he will be causing problems for everyone, all over the place, and everyone will be hanging on
 
stringertom

stringertom

Bionic Poster
markus666 said:
Here in Spain we have high expectations with this player; today he will hace Pablo Carreño in the final.
He is just 17, very agresive style, is forehand is like Tyson punch. We hope Ferrero manages correctly his career and he will be soon in ATP tour.
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I watched several Challenger matches he played in 2019 and was impressed with his talent. The one area that needed improvement is the serve, particularly his second ball. That is understandable at such an early stage in his development.

Alicante spectators got a peek at what could be the new Fedal rivalry when he beat Jannik Sinner in three very solid sets for the two youngsters at the Challenger there last spring.
 
stringertom

stringertom

Bionic Poster
ADuck said:
How do you know? Do you have recent tennis clips of him? Do you mind sharing them please i'm starving to watch some tennis
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Post #20 has a link to the AdM match.

Serve is beefier this year but it’s not quite there yet on 1st percentages and the second serve is still middle-of-the-box placement without much action. AdM was able to punish on return on those meatballs.

Good progress from 2019. It’s obvious JCF has focused on HC skills to augment the CAG clay weapons.
 
James P

James P

G.O.A.T.
Back on court today (in mere minutes) for Challenger action in Italy. Had to win two qually matches to even get in.
 
James P

James P

G.O.A.T.
Three victories (2 qually plus a main draw opening match) at Trieste and Carlos has provisionally launched himself into the top 300 for the first time, live ranked #295.
 
what_army

what_army

Semi-Pro
Carlos lost 6-4 6(5)-7 3-6 in the R1 of the RG qualifying after leading 6-4 5-2 and having 2 MPs while serving at 6-4 5-3.

The thing is, with a serve like his, I wouldn't even call this a choke! Most of the times he's struggling to hold his games, playing lots of deuces and relying heavily on his ability to out-grind his opponent from the baseline with the occasional drop shot (which he's quite good at). If you look at his matches there's always lots of breaks and close scores.

I know everyone's very positive about his future, but he won't get anywhere with the current serve. Being spanish and living/training in Spain of course doesn't help as those lunatics are the same people who are pushing for the one serve rule and teaching the juniors prospects to simply put the ball in play with the serve.

Too bad because he is otherwise very talented.
 
lim

lim

Professional
How was that a choke? He never had match pts. If anything berritini almost choked a 2 sets up lead
 
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