Alcaraz, on Rafa Jódar: “Well, he’s not really a threat. It’s incredible the way he’s playing in his first year on the circuit. He’s going to be a player to keep an eye on”

This Wednesday Carlos Alcaraz’s long-awaited debut will arrive at the Paris Masters 1000one of the tournaments that they are worst at and where they have never managed to get past the quarterfinals.

This year, however, he arrives much fresher at the final stretch of the season, and with morale through the roof after their recent victory in the Vienna tournament.

The absence of the champion, Jannik Sinner, makes him one of the great favorites for the title, with the permission of Alexander Zverev and the candidates to occupy the last places that give access to the ATP Finals, such as Rafa Jódar, who he spoke about in his appearance before the media.

“Well, it’s not really a threat. It’s incredible the way he is playing in his first year on the circuit“He broke a record for the number of days it took him to get from breaking the top 100 to the top 10, I think, or something like that, being up there,” said the current world number 3, who highlighted the tennis and human qualities of the Madrid native.

“I’m just really happy for him. Such a humble guy, great guy, going with his dad as a coach, everywhere and doing great things. Really happy for him. He deserves to be in this position. Obviously it’s great to have a Spanish company in the top 10,” he said.

“We all enjoy his tennis, because every time I see him, It’s a privilege, it’s a joy, and I’m just excited to face it one day.“For the first time, training with him in the tournaments,” added Alcaraz, who warned that Jódar will be one of the outstanding players on the circuit.

“Now it is, but in the future He is going to be a player we will have to keep an eye on.“.

Regarding his physical condition, Alcaraz assured that now he feels “very well, after a period of time stopped, small, normal physical things always appear, but I don’t worry.”. I am focused on continuing to improve and happy to reach this part of the season in good physical and mental condition. I’ll take that as a positive point, that I’m going to try to take advantage of coming fresher.”

World number 3 He assured that he has recovered his best version after the wrist injury which kept him away from the courts for more than four months, in which he missed Roland Garros and Wimbledon. At the US Open he reached the quarterfinals.

“It has been a long recovery process, in so much time it gives you a lot to think about and sometimes I thought that I would never recover my best level, I doubted if I could be 100% again. But When you surround yourself with fantastic professionals it is easier to recover and now, after the victory in Vienna, I am convinced that I have returned to the highest level“he concluded.