“The color palette in your racket”: Alcaraz and the importance of choosing the right shot

Being number one is not for everyone. Or, rather, a number one can be anyone who has the color palette on their racket as it is Carlos Alcaraz (1st in the ATP ranking).

In Indian Wells he reached the semifinals and, in a press conference, he gave an explanation of what it means to be in such a position regarding sport: “Tennis is about choosing the shot to hit in an instant. Sometimes, five to seven possibilities appear in my mind, so it’s not easy to always choose the right shot, but I’m getting a lot better at it.”

A gifted man who opens his fan as he does when rehearsing the drop. A point in which he became a specialist although he knows how to recognize the best: “Obviously, Moutet is one of them, or at least he has an excellent touch. But I love Djokovic’s touch. I think the backhand is very good. When he executes it, it’s really nice. Apart from him, a couple of them, probably Dimitrov also has a good one. An excellent touch. They are the first players that come to mind. There are probably a few more, but those three, I would choose those three.”

Alcaraz began to make better decisions in the middle of the point. A tactical vision during an exchange in which you have to decide which shot to execute in just a few tenths of a second is the difference.

In search of reaching the triple crown in the California desertthe owner of seven Grand Slam titles will collide with Daniil Medvedev (11th), whom he defeated in six of the eight times they faced each other, including in the two finals that the Spaniard played in this same tournament. There you will need your color palette. Of blows.

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