Italian tennis legend Adriano Panatta thinks Carlos Alcaraz \u201cmade a mistake\u201d by splitting with his former coach Juan Carlos Ferrero.<\/p>\n
In December, the tennis world was shocked when Alcaraz<\/a> and Ferrero brought an end to a seven-year partnership that featured 24 titles, including six of his seven Grand Slams.<\/p>\n Alcaraz started attending Ferrero\u2019s academy in Villena in 2018 when he was 15, and he became the youngest ATP world No 1 in history after winning his maiden major at the 2022 US Open aged 19.<\/p>\n Samuel Lopez, who coaches at Ferrero\u2019s academy, is now Alcaraz\u2019s head coach, having previously worked in tandem with Ferrero.<\/p>\n In his first tournament after splitting with Ferrero, Alcaraz secured his maiden Australian Open title to become the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n Alcaraz\u00a0then won the Qatar Open in February before falling in the semi-finals in Indian Wells and the third round in Miami in March.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old was beaten by Jannik Sinner in the Monte Carlo Masters final earlier this month. Alcaraz suffered a wrist injury that ended his campaign at the Barcelona Open last week and also forced him out of the Madrid Masters.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz has been given a big warning over his future \u2013 will he now start to listen?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Toni Nadal sends blunt message to Carlos Alcaraz about his hopes of playing the French Open<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Adriano Panatta, who won the French Open in 1976, argued Alcaraz is missing Ferrero\u2019s presence in his team.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my opinion, he made a mistake leaving Ferrero, who is a tough, demanding coach, but also a great tennis expert,\u201d the former world No 4 was quoted as saying by We Love Tennis.<\/p>\n \u201cAt 21 or 22, with all the trophies he\u2019d won, Carlos became more ambitious and he made an error. I would be happy for him if he went back to Ferrero.<\/p>\n \u201cThe relationship between coach and player is visceral: coaches dedicate their lives to the players they coach and follow every single day, sacrificing their families.<\/p>\n \u201cA coach must first and foremost understand tennis and have no gaps in their knowledge. He shouldn\u2019t be a parent or a confessor, but he must be able to help you reach that next level of quality, depending on your age.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you stay with a father figure as a coach your whole career, there\u2019s a risk the relationship will deteriorate.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: What \u2018really upset\u2019 Jannik Sinner was \u2018desperate to prove\u2019 with incredible run \u2013 Boris Becker\u2019s theory<\/a> The post \u2018Carlos Alcaraz made a mistake by leaving Juan Carlos Ferrero\u2019, claims Grand Slam winner<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Italian tennis legend Adriano Panatta thinks Carlos Alcaraz \u201cmade a mistake\u201d by splitting with his former coach Juan Carlos Ferrero. In December, the tennis world was shocked when Alcaraz and Ferrero brought an end to a seven-year partnership that featured 24 titles, including six of his seven Grand Slams. Alcaraz started attending Ferrero\u2019s academy in […]<\/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-2077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077","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=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n
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