Paul, Alcaraz’s rival in the US Open: “I got married, but I took my coach on my honeymoon”
The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz and the American Tommy Paul They will meet again on a tennis court. “I think he is the player I have played against the most times,” means the American, 29 years old and world No. 21. It will be his ninth match, in a series that the Murcian, 23 years old and No. 3, dominates 6-2 after a 5-0 in a row.
“Paul is a really talented player, a danger for any player on the circuit. With him it is difficult to dominate the points,” said Alcaraz, who this season already beat the North American in the second round of the Australian Open (7-6, 6-4, 7-5), the same round they will meet in this Sunday at the US Open.
The American remembers that “we have had very tough matches, but he has also given me some beatings. Like at Roland Garros. He and Sinner “They are the real tests for the players.”
Alcaraz has been out of competition for four and a half months, since April 14, due to a right wrist injury. He came back as if nothing had happened, he immediately got back into shape. Paul also had his time away from the ATP Tour, but very short, longer than he and his wife would have liked. whom he married on July 14, in the break between Wimbledon and North America.
“Once you get married, the wedding is the most important thing. It is difficult to make it compatible with what the circuit demands. I already told him (his partner) that the tournaments prior to the US Open were important to prepare for it, and he accepted it,” Paul explained.
She chose the honeymoon location, on the island of Nantucketin Massachusetts. A place of millionaires where the proposal had been. In exchange, the tennis player only asked that he go fishing with him.
Tommy Paul and Paige Lorenze They met for the first time at a US Open, in the 2022 edition. She is a popular influencer in her country, also a business woman. He knows well the needs of his peers in the world of sports.
Therefore it was understood that there would be a special guest on the honeymoon. “Yes. I literally took my coach at one o’clock,” Paul recalled in New York. Specifically, to his physical trainer, Franco Herrerowith whom I worked every day first thing in the morning of this mini vacation.
“We are professionals,” stressed Paul, who competed in Washington, Montreal and Cincinnati. The plan did not go badly for him since he already has three victories in the US Open, the last against the Kazakh Alexander Bublik.
“I wasn’t able to train as much as I would have liked with professional players on the circuit, it wasn’t easy to adapt to the situation, but marriage came first,” analyzed Paul, who did not opt for the Australian route. Alex de Minaurwho claimed to have gone a dozen days without touching the racket with his wife, also a British tennis player. Katie Boulter. Both are already eliminated.
