Aimé Jacquet's speech addressed to Robert Pire, member of the French team, world champion in 1998 during the World Cup organized in France, left an impression on everyone. The French coach explains that despite his incredible talent, Robert lacks rigor on certain passages because he is too “nice”.
A message that is completely transposable with the genius Carlos Alcaraz.
Pleasing the public is a fact but that cannot be a course of action, especially when you are facing the greatest players in history.
This is exactly what happened yesterday against Djokovic where Carlos tried too hard in certain situations giving away free points which weigh heavily when you add it up.
Carlos is truly creative but he will have to understand that we also expect a certain rigor and a more combative spirit from him. Djokovic never had the hand of a Federer or even a Nadal, and very quickly he understood that if he wanted to make history he had to forget the art but put the manner into it each time.
-And the way in modern Tennis is legs, a minimum number of faults and a big heart to leave your soul on the court.
We especially don't want at the end of Carlos' career to say to ourselves, he was talented, he could have won 15 Grand Slam tournaments but he preferred to be the darling of the public…
Published on Wednesday January 22, 2025 at 08:35
France
Tennis
