Carlos Alcaraz's coach reveals 15-day camp focused on how to beat Jannik Sinner
NewsFriday, 12 September 2025 at 14:11
Carlos Alcaraz's long-term coach and mentor, Juan Carlos Ferrero, made a fascinating revelation about the specific work they did before the US Open to face Jannik Sinner.
Sinner defeated Carlos Alcaraz in four sets in the 2025 Wimbledon final. Although the 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 was not overly comprehensive, the Italian outplayed his rival and could have won by a more comfortable margin.
A few weeks previously, Alcaraz needed an extraordinary comeback to beat Sinner in the 2025 French Open final. The two-time Australian Open champion had three championship points at 5-3, 40-0 in the fourth set, but Alcaraz somehow came back to triumph.
Since the Wimbledon final, Alcaraz has twice met Sinner. He was 5-0 up in the 2025 Cincinnati Open final before Sinner, who also looked uncomfortable in the very hot temperatures in Ohio, retired with an injury.
This year's Wimbledon winner could not use that as an excuse at the US Open. The final was played indoors, but Alcaraz still dominated in their third Grand Slam meeting of 2025, prevailing 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 after a performance he admitted was perfect.
In a press conference after the final in New York, Ferrero admitted that Alcaraz and his team worked for 15 days after the Wimbledon final to be better prepared for future meetings with Sinner. The impact of that time was evident.
"Let’s say we watched a little bit the matches from Roland Garros and Wimbledon, and we try to see the little things that we can improve to play in future matches against Jannik."
"And I think it was very important because we maybe practiced for 15 days, like very focused on the details that we have to improve to play against Jannik. And we know that in this kind of surface on hard courts, Jannik is always very, very difficult to play and wins a lot of matches."
When a reporter asked for more details, Ferrero politely declined. Understandably, he did not want Sinner's co-coaches, Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill, to know the specifics of what they worked on.
"Cannot, cannot. I cannot for sure. [Sinner’s coach] Simone [Vagnozzi] will hear about it."
Alcaraz's coach was more transparent about the work they did on his serve. It was transformed at the US Open, leading to the 22-year-old being broken just three times during the tournament. Ferrero revealed they made changes after the 2025 Australian Open, which are now paying dividends.
"Yeah, this change, it comes from the Australian Open. I think we, you know, in past December we decided to change a little bit his movement of the serve and you know, we knew that we needed some time to get, you know, working on court."
“I think in this moment is maybe the moment that he has more improvement in his serve, and that is it’s been very useful on the court. An important moment. He’s using it a lot during the Cincinnati Open and also during the US Open. I think the server is one of the keys to win the tournament for sure.”
Alcaraz will return to action at next week's 2025 Laver Cup. He withdrew from Team Spain's Davis Cup tie with Denmark.
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