“It’s difficult to manage him, he’s distracted by fame”

Carlos Alcaraz continues its preparation for the new season, among strange workouts and the incessant ones criticisms after the break with Juan Carlos Ferrero. The Spaniard remains focused, but in the opinion of one former world number 1it’s being done distract from too much fame.

Kafelnikov on Alcaraz and Juan Carlos: “That’s where the clash occurred”

It’s about Yevgeny Kafelnikovformer Russian player number one in the ranking in 1999, with 26 trophies and 2 Slams in his career. Kafelnikov gave a long interview to Clay, also talking about thecurrent number one in the world and his situation: “It’s not always easy to give an opinion when you’re not inside the situation and don’t know exactly what happened behind the scenes. Separation from Juan Carlos? Knowing him I know that he is extremely professional, I am sure that he wants the best for his athletes and that his standards of professionalism are very high. Alcaraz is Spanish, very young and attracted by all the temptations off the pitch that success entails. It must have been difficult to deal with lately. It’s understandable: he’s 22, there’s fame and everything that comes with it. No one could resist something like that at such a young age. Juan Carlos will surely have seen all this and will have tried to separate the work on the pitch from all the external “noise”. That’s probably where the collision occurredat least from my point of view.”

Kafelnikov on Alcaraz’s father: “You don’t do it that way, it has a negative impact on his son”

Then again on the next one season and on the role of parents in Alcaraz: “The biggest mistake is when they interfere in the process. I don’t know Carlos’ father, but I’ve never liked it when someone behaves like that. From what I’ve heard, there was a big argument between Ferrer and Alcaraz’s father. I’ve always said that these types of situations ultimately have a negative impact on the player. Alcaraz is an adult man, he is the one who can now make all the decisions. Future? I have no idea how he will react. But why end such a happy collaboration in the first place? At least that’s how it seemed. There were no signs of an imminent separation: they won Slams, he was number one in the world. I’m sure that Carlos’ father had a lot to do with this breakupnot Carlos himself. Now we just have to wait and see what happens.”