Carlos Alcaraz has added movies of himself successful Wimbledon final yr to his grasscourt masterclass as he bids to finish the Channel Slam.
The Spanish famous person revealed final yr he watched footage of the Large 4’s footwork earlier than successful Queen’s Membership and The Championships.
This yr the French Open champion misplaced his first grasscourt match for the reason that begin of final yr when he was overwhelmed within the second spherical by Jack Draper.
And the world No.3 has remained in London and returned to his research to prepare for his title defence.
“I am nonetheless watching movies of Roger, of Andy, of Rafa. Novak,” stated Alcaraz, 21.
“I put in movies of myself final yr – I am not going to lie – simply to see what I did or how I did it Simply transferring, hitting pictures, to do the identical as I did final yr.
“I am feeling nice. Truthfully, after Queen’s, I had lots of days to adapt my recreation, to apply, to get higher.
“Yeah, I bear in mind after the shedding in Queen’s, the subsequent day I began practising my motion, my pictures, simply to be extra snug transferring on grass, enjoying on grass this yr.
“Proper now I had a fantastic practices with nice gamers simply to see how is my stage. I am excited to begin the event and hopefully have the identical outcome as final yr.”
Successful the French Open and Wimbledon – the Channel Slam – is so tough as a result of there’s solely three weeks to transition from clay to grass.
Within the Open period, it has solely been executed by the greats – Rod Laver (1969), Bjorn Borg (1978-80), Rafa Nadal (2008 and 2010), Roger Federer (2009) and Novak Djokovic (2021).
Alcaraz, who will go to the Australian Open in January looking for a profession Grand Slam, stated: “Successful Grand Slams is tough. Clearly altering from clay to a grass courtroom, completely completely different surfaces, completely completely different recreation of play.
“To illustrate I will attempt. Clearly I need to put my identify on that brief record to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the identical yr. I do know that there is going to be a very tough and large problem for me, however I feel I am able to do it.
“I am doing nice work these final weeks simply to prepare. I really feel snug to play Wimbledon right here at 100 per cent.”