Carlos Alcaraz puts Jannik Sinner back in the crosshairs

The words of Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz spoke on the eve of his Australian Open debut: "The goal è to try to win Grand Slams and Masters1000s. These are for me the most important tournaments in the world. Of course, also trying to improve the ranking è among the goals, trying to get as close as possible to Jannik or to surpass Zverev".

The rivalryà with Sinner continues to hold sway: "When I play against him I have a different mental approach. When you face the best players in the world you have to do something different: different preparation, different mental approach. When I face him I know I have to play my best if I want to think about winning, è soì. If you run into a bad day, against Jannik you already know that 99 percent you will lose, è this is what I think about when I know I will have to face him".

"The good thing è that seeing him on top, seeing him win titles pushes me to train even better every day, and to think about what I should improve to face him. Having this rivalry with him for me è a great thing because it really pushes me to do my best every day".

Filling in on Samuel Lopez: "I knew I had to be with someone other than Juan Carlos Ferrero, someone to help him sometimes during travel or in sharing tournaments, and to have someone with me who I can also recharge with will be great. He's someone I trust 100 percent, è really a great coach, he's been Juan Carlos when he played and he'll be a great coach for me too".