“A Profession Is a Journey Not a Snapshot,” Carlos Alcaraz Hailed by Serena Williams’ Former Coach Shunning the Spaniard’s Critics

“The criticisms of Alcaraz make me giggle, however they’re additionally sufficient to make me cry,” Spanish former tennis participant Alex Corretja remarked earlier this 12 months. Regardless of a stellar 2024 season that noticed him seize two Grand Slam titles and an Olympic silver medal, Carlos Alcaraz has discovered himself underneath scrutiny for perceived inconsistencies. Whereas he secured a victory in Rotterdam this season, his efficiency on the ‘Sunshine Doubles’ fell in need of expectations, marking the primary time since 2022 that he didn’t win both match. Consequently, the Spaniard is as soon as once more going through criticism. Now, Serena Williams’ former coach, Rick Macci, has additionally stepped ahead to supply his assist for the 21-year-old.

On the age of simply 21, Alcaraz has already set a number of data, together with successful 4 Grand Slam titles, 5 ATP Masters 1000 titles, and even captured the world primary rating. Now, following Carlos Alcaraz’s current shocking defeat to world quantity 54, David Goffin within the Spherical of 64 on the Miami Open, some consultants have raised just a few query marks on his consistency. For instance, not too long ago, the previous world quantity 9, Andrea Petkovic, raised an alarm saying, “males’s tennis is in an existential disaster.”

Based on her, who thinks the brand new era just isn’t fairly as stable but because the ‘Huge 3’, “I’m sorry, I’ve to say it, it’s true. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz saved a veil in entrance of our eyes…(Jannik) Sinner just isn’t there, he’s suspended, and Alcaraz misplaced early, and you’ll throw a dart blindfolded at a dartboard and see what sticks.”

Additional drawing a comparability with the wrestle in girls’s tennis throughout a transition, she said, “Now, in males’s tennis, except Jannik Sinner comes again on the similar stage he had or Carlos Alcaraz finds consistency, it’ll be the identical.” After seeing criticisms surrounding Alcaraz’s inconsistency, Macci got here to Carlitos’ protection.

Placing up a tweet on April third, he raised a severe query mark, saying, “Why anyone would throw darts at 21 12 months Spanish Magician exhibits me they see what they need to see and do perceive expertise improvement success and failure. A profession is a JOURNEY, not a SNAPSHOT that day the hour that second.“

Not solely that, he additionally made a daring declare saying, “The already 4 time MAJOR CHAMPION barring damage could have DOUBLE DIGIT SLAMS and be close to the highest of the leaderboard yearly. @carlosalcaraz.” 

In 2023, the famend coach tipped Carlos Alcaraz to win a “bucket of Grand Slams” in his profession. He even stated that he had by no means seen any player as extraordinary as Alcaraz. “He’s a mixture of, I inform all people, [Roger] Federer, [Rafael] Nadal, Djokovic and [Andre] Agassi, all wrapped in a single.” What do different tennis consultants predict for the present world No. 3?

Former world primary predicts Carlos Alcaraz’s inconsistencies are right here to remain

Regardless of having been inconsistent, Carlos Alcaraz nonetheless has a win-loss file of 15-4 this season. Since his ups and downs within the efficiency graph have been within the limelight not too long ago, Mats Wilander not too long ago shared his ideas about Alcaraz in an interview with TNT Sports activities. He stated, “Carlos Alcaraz goes to be fairly inconsistent by way of outcomes. We’re so used to not seeing a former world No. 1 and most likely a future world No. 1 to be that inconsistent.”

Nonetheless, regardless of that, he feels Alcaraz “Can bounce again at any time. That’s the factor about Carlos Alcaraz. He might bounce again inside two weeks due to the way in which he performs tennis.” He believes that the Spaniard will make a powerful comeback from his disappointing exit from Miami and “do effectively” on the French Open. Even British legend, Tim Henman, was noticed talking on comparable strains, saying, “The upcoming tour is the proper alternative for him to bounce again.”

Whereas Boris Becker needs Carlos Alcaraz to skip the 12 months’s solely non-mandatory Masters 1000 occasion in Monte Carlo for the third time in a row. Based on the German, “I used to be afraid that the Spaniard would merely play too many tournaments and that he would additionally play exhibitions in the course of the winter break. Then the Exhibition in Vegas [Editor’s note: it was actually in Puerto Rico], forward of Indian Wells. That is all good for the pockets, however for the annual planning, the match planning, it’s unhealthy. Sadly, I used to be proper.“

Because the starting of the 2024 season, Carlos Alcaraz has performed nearly 14 exhibition matches throughout 4 totally different continents. Did the extreme workload play a significant position in his current inconsistency? Share your ideas within the remark field.