Coach Ferrero: with Alcaraz, anything can happen

"He always believes in himself until the last score ", coach Ferrero talked about Alcaraz, after the Roland Garros final on June 8. "When he was led 3-5, 0-40 in the four set, he looked towards me and signaled with the racket that he was still there, fighting to the end".

Alcaraz near the defeat of rival Jannik Sinner in the first Grand Slam final between them. The moment that coach Ferrero mentioned was when the Spanish tennis player had to save the three Championships-point in the ripe game of the four set, in the serve, the serve was led 0-40. Sinner missed all three opportunities from broken errors, helping Alcaraz back and creating the upstream screen 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2).

"I did not say I believe Alcaraz won back from the score 3-5, 0-40 in the set four ", coach Ferrero added. "But again, with Carlos, anything can happen. He was born for such moments." For the first time in the tournament, the 10-hitting tie-break series in the set was used to determine the defeat. There, Alcaraz played excellently, winning the first seven points, before the end of the match with a score of 10-2 with a hand-to-hand counter-attack along the Winner. "Winning is the reward for Alcaraz's courage, when he always attacks the score and overcome many dangerous moments in the match ".

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This is the first time Alcaraz met Sinner in the Grand Slam final, but it was his fifth consecutive victory over the rival. The 22 -year -old now owns five Grand Slam and Bay Masters 1000, while Sinner has three Grand Slam and the Masters 1000. Coach Ferrero said that the competition of Alcaraz and Sinner is necessary for tennis, in the context of the great players in the group "Big 3 " such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic retired or on the other side of his career. Alcaraz and Sinner. "They know they have to play the unbelievable tennis to beat the other person. That helps the level of both of them are constantly improved ".