Patrick Mouratoglou has admitted he was \u201cvery surprised\u201d by the comments Juan Carlos Ferrero made about Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s commitment to tennis.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a>\u2018s Netflix documentary series, Carlos Alcaraz: My Way<\/em>, was released last month, and the Spanish star\u2019s approach to his career was the central theme.<\/p>\n The four-time major champion stressed that he wants to achieve his lofty ambitions without compromising his happiness.<\/p>\n \u201cRight now my biggest fear of all is ending up seeing tennis as an obligation,\u201d Alcaraz explained.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes I feel like I am enslaved to tennis and that causes anxiety, frustration, doubts.\u201d<\/p>\n Ferrero, who has coached Alcaraz since\u00a0September 2018, also featured in the series.<\/p>\n The former world No 1 made a revealing admission about Alcaraz\u2019s philosophy being at odds with the way his team sees the sport.<\/p>\n \u201cHis understanding of work and sacrifice is so different from ours,\u201d said Ferrero. \u201cIt\u2019s so different that it makes me doubt whether \u2018his way\u2019 of doing things will help him become the best in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n Mouratoglou, a renowned coach who currently works with Naomi Osaka, gave his verdict on Ferrero\u2019s choice to publicly question Alcaraz.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst of all, what Carlos has accomplished at a young age is unbelievable,\u201d the Frenchman said in an Instagram video.<\/p>\n \u201cI was very surprised to read that his coach said publicly that he was not committing 100%. It will bring a lot of criticism. It\u2019s really difficult to manage that.<\/p>\n Rafael Nadal\u2019s ex-coach warns Carlos Alcaraz about his \u2018best in history\u2019 ambition<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The 22 active players who have won an ATP Masters 1000 title after Casper Ruud\u2019s Madrid triumph<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cApparently, the way he deals with pressure is to not commit 100%, which is actually a behaviour that is quite usual for professional athletes. That\u2019s a way to take pressure away.<\/p>\n \u201cIs it the right way? For sure not. I would try to solve the problem between him and me. He (Ferrero) probably did try and probably doesn\u2019t work, so probably, he goes to the next level. Ferrero is trying to motivate his player.<\/p>\n \u201cIs it the right way? I don\u2019t know. If it works, then bravo. If it hurts the player and hurts the relationship between the two, then I would say it\u2019s not a good job.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, we will see what are the consequences \u2014 the positive one or the negative one, or maybe a bit of both. Let\u2019s see how Carlos received it. Maybe he will have a reaction to that, a positive one. But it\u2019s risky.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz will play Yoshihito Nishioka or Dusan Lajovic in his first match at the Italian Open as he seeks his third title of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Carlos Alcaraz vs Alexander Zverev: Battle for world No 2 at Italian Open<\/a> The post Juan Carlos Ferrero\u2019s public criticism of Carlos Alcaraz labelled \u2018a risky move\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Patrick Mouratoglou has admitted he was \u201cvery surprised\u201d by the comments Juan Carlos Ferrero made about Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s commitment to tennis. Alcaraz\u2018s Netflix documentary series, Carlos Alcaraz: My Way, was released last month, and the Spanish star\u2019s approach to his career was the central theme. The four-time major champion stressed that he wants to achieve […]<\/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-415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415","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=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n
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