He's been frustrated with or without Ferrero since Wimbledon.
I must have listed out a whole bunch of tournaments across surfaces that Raz has won without Ferrero being so much as in the same continent as he. Check it out.
Is Alcaraz disproportionately benefiting from coaching?
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I must have listed out a whole bunch of tournaments across surfaces that Raz has won without Ferrero being so much as in the same continent as he. Check it out.
ChrisJR3264
Legend
I disagree. I mean maybe that was the case last night idk.
But last years USO - they were constantly giving him strategies for every single point against med in the semis. It was kind of annoying and embarrassing to witness.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Everyone does that to be fair. My Spanish sources say they don't say much apart from positivo, focuus and the like.
I'm not sure how useful they are tbh. Alcaraz was an all-court natural as soon as he picked his racquet up basically. JCF may have lived past his use date.
Also he's pretty decent without JCF around. Has masters 500s and an Olympic gold match without JCF. It was when he came back sid Alcaraz lose actually. He did fine without even his physio around.
ppma
Hall of Fame
I'm spanish. Love to hear when JCF coaches him.
Sometimes is just "this is the time to raise focus/intensity". Other times it is more tactical like "play lobs with less pace and wait for the chance" (this was against Sinner on IW) or "don't risk the down-the-line, the fast cross-court forehand is harming him too" (this was Cincy), or "place yourself more to the left on the ad return, he's got trouble finding the T", or "play more dropshots so that he does not sit so comfortably behind the baseline".
Things look very different when seen from the outside than during match play.
Don't fool yourselves. Coaching has always existed. Back before coached was allowed they used to employ non-verbal communication to give hints about serving and returning strategies. Also, coaching exists for everyone, not just Carlos.
NoleFam
Bionic Poster
I like Alcaraz but I don't like on court coaching. I think that's what made tennis unique in a way because you had to outsmart your opponent and problem solve on the court without your coach's help. It's much more challenging that way. The big 3 all won 20+ Slams like this. Without Ferrero telling him what to do, I have doubts he would be at 4 Slams now.
Rovesciarete
Hall of Fame
Probably he does but he is the CEO of his team and pays also for Ferrero's brain during a match.
JustMy2Cents
Hall of Fame
gesturing that Botic is a choker like this proved so counter productive though
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Yeah, this is why I get a feeling that JCF isn't a particularly intellectual presence on the court.
JustMy2Cents
Hall of Fame
exactly! this exchange and Raz laughing at it would have lit a fire under Botic.Botic probably noticed that and thought: "I'll show you!"
where was the need for the choke gesture? so stupid. if he had just confined himself to words, nobody would have understood
Raz said he thought he'll get free points and he did not!
they had come in expecting Botic to freeze and totally underestimated him, even 2 sets down.
hopefully learned a lesson !
True humbling.
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