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He turned around and ran to hug his coach. Sincere joy to see him arrive. Later, after a volley for history, another hug, from champion to champion, the tears. «I already won when Juan Carlos arrived»pronounced Carlos Alcaraz full of his first Masters 1,000 in the loot, achieved on April 3 in Miami.
It is the relationship between a coach and his pupil that goes far beyond the tennis courts, game strategies and shot corrections. There are four years of training that are not only carried out on the track. The supersonic growth of the tennis player, from 141 in 2020 to eleventh todayat the gates of the Masters 1,000 in Monte Carlo, owes a lot in all aspects to the firm but gentle hand of Ferrero, who has already been there, number 1 in the world in 2004 and champion of Roland Garros in 2003, the year Alcaraz was born .
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