{"id":1640,"date":"2026-01-21T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:00:42","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-warned-his-shock-decision-will-have-a-big-effect-on-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=1640","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz warned his shock decision will have a \u2018big effect\u2019 on him"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tennis world is waiting to see how Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> reacts to the shock exit of his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and former world No 7 Barbara Schett is predicting the split could have a big impact on the world No 1.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz\u2019s decision to part company with Ferrero was the big talking point of the off-season, as the partnership that produced six Grand Slam titles over the last three years came to a sudden end.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Juan Carlos, we decide to do it,\u201d said Alcaraz, as he spoke about the split for the first time in public in Melbourne. \u201cI\u2019m just having plenty of confidence of the team that I have right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is something we just decided. I think chapter of life, that is a time that has to be end. We decided like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to say that I\u2019m really grateful for these seven years I\u2019ve been with Juan Carlos. I learned a lot. Probably thanks to him I\u2019m the player that I am right now.<\/p>\n

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\u201cInternally, we decided like this. We closed this chapter. We, as I said, both are still friends, good relationship. But we just decided like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have the same team that I had last year. Just one member missing. But the rest of the team, everyone are the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t change the routine at all. We just going through the pre-season and the season in the same way, probably with the improvement that I really want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sudden nature of the parting means Alcaraz is in Australia working with Sami Lopez as his lead coach and TNT Sports pundit Schett believes the fallout from the departure of Ferrero will only begin to affect the 22-year-old Spaniard when he is in the heat of battle in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the big question around Carlos and we I do think it will have an effect on him,\u201d Schett told Tennis365.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t really know what happened, but by the sounds of it, Carlos and Juan Carlos wanted to continue and then there was some money issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been in his corner for so many years. He was like a father to him. A coach, a mentor. Now that person is not there anymore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure that will take time to adjust to for Carlos and we will see if the doors will stay shut or if Juan Carlos comes and coaches someone else. Maybe they walk find their way back together again, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Ferrero\u2019s departure from the Alcaraz camp, Schett believes the dominance of the young Spaniard and his great rival Jannik Sinner will continue in 2026.<\/p>\n

The duo have shared the last eight Grand Slam titles between them and Schett is convinced that run will continue.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe gap between Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and the rest is so huge,\u201d added Schett.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if it has ever been so big, even in the days of the \u2018Big 3\u2019, you had Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and other players who had a chance to win. Federer, Nadal and Djokovic did dominate, but not like Carlos and Jannik have done, as they are so far ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t see anyone else winning a Grand Slam title if they are both fit. If one of them is injured, it may be a different story, but who can beat both of them in the same tournament? I just don\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe someone like Taylor Fritz can beat one of them, but can he back it up? [Alexander] Zverev is too defensive, and you look at Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton, I don\u2019t think they are consistent enough and they have flaws in their game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just don\u2019t see anyone challenging those two guys in the Grand Slams right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The tennis world is waiting to see how Carlos Alcaraz reacts to the shock exit of his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and former world No 7 Barbara Schett is predicting the split could have a big impact on the world No 1. Alcaraz\u2019s decision to part company with Ferrero was the big talking point of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}