For it least the past year, Carlos Alcaraz sparkles as noticeably the most gifted player on the court regardless the opponent. Yet Alcarez's matches continue to stretch to the final determining set, going to the 9th inning again practically regardless the opponent. Certainly, Alcaraz's coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, is very much aware of the baffling trend, Carlos himself also very much aware.
No highly talented and superior player or team wins them all. Yet I'm certain that Carlos fully believes before every match he's clearly the best player on the court no matter who's on the other side of the net. He's more gifted, more athletic, more skilled. His gifted quick recognition and reaction to a returned ball coming his way provide him so many options, of which shot to use on his own return: lob it, drop shot it, crosscut it or thunderbolt it down the line, or choose this angle or that angle. On so many returns, his gifts of instant recognition and boundary-to-boundary court coverage offer him so many options.
To be sure, Alcarez likes to show off his gifts to his opponents and to the cheering crowd, excited about, What will Alcarez do now and what will he do next? Alcarez loves to dazzle.
When a player can dazzle in so many ways on so many occasions, it's hard for the extraordinary player to be patient and hit just an ordinary routine return.
In other words, it's hard for the aggressive, gifted Alcarez to wait a moment before dazzling.
I'm still astonished by the Cincinnati final's outcome. Like most watching, at the end of the first set I had dug a cemetery hole and pitched Djokovic into the grave. But the sun went down and Count Dracula Djokovic rose up and came away the winner.
No highly talented and superior player or team wins them all. Yet I'm certain that Carlos fully believes before every match he's clearly the best player on the court no matter who's on the other side of the net. He's more gifted, more athletic, more skilled. His gifted quick recognition and reaction to a returned ball coming his way provide him so many options, of which shot to use on his own return: lob it, drop shot it, crosscut it or thunderbolt it down the line, or choose this angle or that angle. On so many returns, his gifts of instant recognition and boundary-to-boundary court coverage offer him so many options.
To be sure, Alcarez likes to show off his gifts to his opponents and to the cheering crowd, excited about, What will Alcarez do now and what will he do next? Alcarez loves to dazzle.
When a player can dazzle in so many ways on so many occasions, it's hard for the extraordinary player to be patient and hit just an ordinary routine return.
In other words, it's hard for the aggressive, gifted Alcarez to wait a moment before dazzling.
I'm still astonished by the Cincinnati final's outcome. Like most watching, at the end of the first set I had dug a cemetery hole and pitched Djokovic into the grave. But the sun went down and Count Dracula Djokovic rose up and came away the winner.
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