The 4 great objectives of Carlos Alcaraz, a very personal one
Carlos Alcaraz He flatly stated that he would exchange a victory at the 2026 Australian Open for the other Grand Slams. It was November of last year, when the campaign was exhausted and he was already beginning to plan the next one, which was based on the preseason in Melbourne. He gave everything, and lifted the only trophy of the ‘big four’ that he was missing.
The youngest winner of the four Grand Slam crowns covered his biggest goal in January. He could not then imagine the nightmare that he has had to live through since April 14, when he felt a strange twist in his right hand, a pain that prompted him to undergo medical tests that revealed a delicate injury, whose complete healing required a lot of time, pampering and patience.
The ones he gave Carlos Alcaraz to the joint, well surrounded by his team and family. Entrenching themselves in their territory, El Palmarwith punctual outings according to the summer period and the need to occupy the time while I couldn’t move my wrist.
The Murcian already trained this Saturday at the US Open facilities, where he will debut this Tuesday, in the mixed doubles with the American Serena Williams. A way to adapt to the official competition before facing the individual defense, from August 30 to September 13.
There are three main sporting objectives on his sporting agenda until the conclusion of this strange campaign, also for his great Italian rival. Jannik Sinnerabsent from the US Open. And there is a more personal and vital one to compose your basic poker of desires.
The first, and most relevant, is more typical. Carlos Alcaraz He wants to have fun again with what he likes most, playing tennis. He hopes to enjoy himself like never before after so much time away from the circuit. If you don’t smile, the racket doesn’t come with you.
If he feels comfortable, his wrist does not complain (which it shouldn’t) and there is no other physical problem along the way, Carlos Alcaraz will now fight for a third US Open, eighth Grand Slam. He starts with the disadvantage of so much time without competition, but when a player of his quality enters a box of New York It is to compete, from the reality of the difficulty it entails.
There’s a tournament on your radar. It ended in 2025. It has the added difficulty that it is the terrain of Sinner, the ‘indoor’ and hard court at home, in Turin. But this increases the challenge of succeeding in the ATP Finals, among the best eight of the course. Alcaraz is third in the Race, he has to qualify without any trouble and there attack a trophy that they only lifted in Spanish tennis Manolo Orantes, Àlex Corretja and Garbiñe Muguruza.
On the radar there is again the Davis Cup. It does not depend on himself, he will not compete in the Chile-Spain in September, on clay, in a hostile environment with a formation with a lot of youth: Rafa Jódar, Dani Mérida, Martín Landaluce and the experienced Jaume Munar and Pedro Martínez.
If the team he captains David Ferrer gets into the Finals at 8 in Bologna, Alcaraz will go for the ‘salad bowl’. Jódar reinforces the possibilities, as well as the incorporation of the double player Marcel Granollers. Without the injured Murcian, Spain stood up to Italy in the final, led this time by Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini.
