Carlos Alcaraz has been dealt the prospect of playing at the 2024 Olympic Games without a key figure in his corner, Juan Carlos Ferrero. The Wimbledon champion is heading to Paris to play alongside his Spanish compatriot Rafael Nadal, but will be forced to do so without his influential coach.
Alcaraz recently admitted that there are moments on-court where he doesn’t “really know what to do” and often blindly follows the instructions of the 2003 French Open champion, thanks to the introduction of in-game coachinFerrero can often be heard advising Alcaraz during matches, which before the summer of 2022 would have been illegal, and has been outlawed at this summer’s Olympics in a major blow to the 21-year-old.g.