{"id":15335,"date":"2025-06-26T04:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T04:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/15335\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T04:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T04:20:12","slug":"what-carlos-alcaraz-and-juan-carlos-ferrero-were-spotted-doing-in-training-by-marion-bartoli-recently-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/15335\/","title":{"rendered":"What Carlos Alcaraz and Juan Carlos Ferrero were spotted doing in training by Marion Bartoli recently in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carlos Alcaraz enjoyed a brilliant clay-court season, reaching the final of all four events he played.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bouncing back from a disappointing showing at the Miami Open, Alcaraz won his maiden Monte-Carlo Masters title<\/a>, defeating Lorenzo Musetti in the final.<\/p>\n

Returning home for the Barcelona Open, Alcaraz qualified for another final<\/a> but came up short against Denmark\u2019s Holger Rune as he struggled with an injury.<\/p>\n

Skipping the Madrid Open with that same injury, Alcaraz marked his return to action with a win at the Italian Open<\/a>, beating his greatest rival, Jannik Sinner, in the final.<\/p>\n

\"CarlosPhoto by Antonietta Baldassarre\/Insidefoto\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Spaniard went on to win Roland Garros<\/a> for the second year running, taking down Sinner in one of the greatest Grand Slam finals of all time.<\/p>\n

As Alcaraz carries that momentum forward to the grass, a former Wimbledon<\/a> champion has revealed what she saw the 22-year-old and his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, do in Rome last month.<\/p>\n

Marion Bartoli saw Juan Carlos Ferrero teach \u2018sceptical\u2019 Carlos Alcaraz a new serve technique in Rome<\/p>\n

Appearing on the BBC\u2019s Wimbledon preview, 2013 champion Marion Bartoli<\/a> recalled what she saw Alcaraz and Ferrero practising in training at the Italian Open.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI was actually in Rome when [Jannik] Sinner came back to the tour and I saw Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> every single evening just doing basket after basket of serves, just changing that motion,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to be honest, at the beginning he was kind of sceptical of what Juan Carlos Ferrero<\/a> was asking him to do, which was asking him to use the wrist a lot more.<\/p>\n

\"JuanPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is about having a motion which is more smooth, that wrist action was sometimes a little bit lacking, which is why the serve was slightly too straight, so he couldn\u2019t get the curve or the slice wide serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Frenchwoman believes the hard work paid off, as evidenced by Alcaraz\u2019s serving performances at the Queen\u2019s Club Championships<\/a> recently.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been using [the slice wide serve] so much at Queen\u2019s. Every time he was playing against [Jiri] Lehecka<\/a> he was using that slider constantly in the deuce court,\u201d said Bartoli.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThat wrist action was tricky for him to get at the beginning, that\u2019s why in Rome he was a bit on and off on the serve, but he really picked himself up at Roland Garros and got going on the grass at Queen\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcaraz was making aces at will last week on the grass, as the improvements were clear to see.<\/p>\n\nMatch<\/strong><\/td>\nOpponent<\/strong><\/td>\nAces<\/strong><\/td>\nDouble faults<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFinal<\/td>\nJiri Lehecka<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSemi-final<\/td>\nRoberto Bautista Agut<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nQuarterfinal<\/td>\nArthur Rinderknech<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2nd Round<\/td>\nJaume Munar<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1st Round<\/td>\nAdam Walton<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAverage<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n3.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s serving stats at the 2025 Queen\u2019s Club Championships<\/p>\n

An average of 12 aces per match was a real improvement on his efforts at the Italian Open (1.8 aces per match) and the French Open (4 aces per match).<\/p>\n

It is, of course, easier to rack up the aces on the grass than it is on the clay, although the improvements can still be seen when comparing his efforts at Queen\u2019s in 2023 (his first title) and in 2025.<\/p>\n