Alcaraz: can t be a close friend with sinner

"I have a good relationship with Sinner ," Alcaraz told the Spanish newspaper Marca after the Rome Masters on May 19. "However, we are not very close, everyone has to take care of ourselves. Obviously we are rivals, it's hard to have close friendships with the person you want to beat ".

Despite not being a close friend, Alcaraz said he and Sinner were willing to share the training sessions, who have been in joint training many times. The 22 -year -old acknowledged the opponent to understand his play, but there will always be upgrades of the gameplay from both, and this needs to be kept tight.

"I really respect Sinner ", Alcaraz added. "What he did, the return after the ban, it was amazing. It was happy to see him returning to the race. Surely he was one of the rivals that motivated me every day". "Carlitos " is becoming a rival with Sinner when he won 4 consecutive matches and led 7-4 to the confrontation. They can remain recovery if they come to the final of the Roland Garros this year.

According to the update from the team of Alcaraz, the player owns four Grand Slams only three days off, before flying to Paris to prepare for the Roland Garros title campaign. Alcaraz will be in the French capital on May 21 to attend a number of sideline events and prepare early for the tournament to start a week later. By surpassing Alexander Zverev on this week's transcript, Alcaraz will be the second seed of Roland Garros.

Alcaraz attended the Roland Garros four times and last year the championship at the first time playing the final. Meanwhile, Sinner played five times the land of the land and the best achievement was the semi -finals. Italian player has not won the Wimbledon, where Alcaraz has twice crowned.