Alcaraz Is Mature Enough Despite Saying He Isn't According To Sinner's Coach Cahill
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Carlos Alcaraz recently said that he's not mature enough, blaming that for the loss against Daniil Medvedev, but noted tennis coach Darren Cahill disagrees with that.
Alcaraz is a very young tennis player with a lot to learn in the coming years, but he's an incredible champion already. It's easily verifiable because this year's Wimbledon event is all you need to look at.
Alcaraz was never known as a very good grass player and certainly didn't look that great when he started playing this year at Queen's Club at the ATP 500 tournament.
By the end of that week, he lifted his maiden grass trophy and, some weeks after that, bested the best grass player in the last decade, Novak Djokovic, in the final.
That growth was referenced by noted tennis coach Darren Cahill, who talked about Alaraz in the latest episode of the Advantage Connors podcast. He also spoke about the dynamic between his protege - Jannik Sinner, and Alcaraz, as some of the brightest future stars.
"He is an amazing young man, certainly very humble, very honest. He and Jannik are very alike in many many ways, that's why they are good friends off the court... Carlos is a bit ahead of Jannik, at the moment."
"I think what Carlos was able to achieve at Wimbledon was remarkable. People used to think 'it will take a few years before he becomes a threat on grass', and then twelve months later, he won the trophy, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final."
"That's everything about how competitive Carlos is, his work, his determination, and also his maturity. He might say that he is not mature enough, but he is."
The future is bright for Alcaraz and Sinner. Both of them are expected to carry tennis forward, something many of their colleagues have already spoken about.
