Why Juan Carlos Ferrero is not coaching Carlos Alcaraz at the 2024 Australian Open

Carlos Alcaraz will suffer a significant defeat at the Australian Openthe first major of the season and at the same time its first official tournament in 2024 and its coach Juan Carlos Ferrerorecovering from left knee arthroscopy, He will not be able to travel to the Antipodes with his pupil, as MARCA has learned..

After a long period on crutches, his first tournament with Carlitos is expected to be the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells (March 6 to 17)., where a tennis player defends his title. Ferrero, despite the interference, does not miss a single training session of his player these days.

Who will replace Ferrero?

Alcaraz will travel with his agent Alberto Molina to the exhibition on December 27 in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) against Novak Djokovic and will subsequently Samuel Lopez who will accompany him as coach at the Australian Open.

Samuel is the coach of Pablo Carreno, although he was already number two in the world at the last Queen’s Open 500, which ended with the title for the tennis player from El Palmar.

This will be Antonio Martinez Cascales. who will tour South America with Alcaraz in February, with tournaments in Buenos Aires (February 12 to 18) and Rio de Janeiro (February 19 to 25).