{"id":300014,"date":"2023-12-14T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T16:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300014"},"modified":"2023-12-14T16:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T16:25:07","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-labelled-very-strange-as-concerns-raised-over-training-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/tennis\/carlos-alcaraz-labelled-very-strange-as-concerns-raised-over-training-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz labelled ‘very strange’ as concerns raised over training approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carlos Alcaraz has been dubbed \u2018very strange\u2019 by former world No 3 Nikolay Davydenko over his injury issues. The 20-year-old has been hampered by a string of fitness problems in the second half of 2023, hampering his ability to build on his Wimbledon triumph.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz pulled out of a number of tournaments in the final months of the season. When he did play, the Spaniard at times seemed a shadow of the player who defeated world No 1 Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final and enjoyed a dominant start to the year.<\/p>\n

After Alcaraz withdrew from the Swiss Indoors in October, it was revealed that he was suffering from an injury to his left foot and problems in his gluteal muscles. Russian former player Davydenko points out that the Spanish training model places an emphasis on \u2019supernatural\u2019 fitness, which could be harming the youngster.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, Alcaraz is very strange. Why is this happening? Because in the Spanish school of tennis, there is very serious physical activity,\u201d the 42-year-old told Championat.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey swing unrealistically, they have supernatural physical fitness. They focus on this more than on tennis. For them, tennis is in the background. They say that first of all you need to run and not get tired, and then play on the other side of the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe body cannot withstand these overloads. Of course, at 20 years old it is too early to get your first injuries. Then others will appear \u2013 it goes in a chain. Therefore, he will shoot somewhere, but somewhere he may withdraw from the tournament because something happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcaraz capped an excellent first half of the year by defeating veteran Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. It was his second Grand Slam success, following on from the US Open the year before.<\/p>\n