Federer tactic is Alcaraz’s ‘greatest ick’ as Djokovic admits what annoys him

A tactic deployed by Roger Federer is Carlos Alcaraz’s greatest ‘ick’. Tennis stars together with Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have been requested for his or her greatest ‘ick’ – one thing that significantly irritates them – when they’re on the courtroom. 

Alcaraz has revealed that essentially the most annoying trait amongst his colleagues is a ‘serve and volley’ strategy to their enjoying model. It entails serving earlier than racing to the web to be ready for a volley. 

The tactic was adopted to large success by tennis icon Federer throughout his glittering profession. The Swiss, who retired final 12 months, received 20 Grand Slams enjoying with that exact model.

However, Alcaraz has revealed that the serve and volley tactic offers him the ‘ick’. As a part of a video produced by the US Open’s official media channel, gamers had been requested what their tennis ‘ick’ is. 

Wimbledon champion Alcaraz bluntly responded: “Serve and volley!”

But his colleagues had a variety of different solutions. Djokovic, who was crushed by Alcaraz in July’s Wimbledon last, revealed that essentially the most annoying trait of his opponents is grunting and making an excessive amount of noise. 

Djokovic laughed on the query earlier than admitting: “Grunting. Too much noise. I get annoyed by that.”

Several different stars claimed that the most important ‘ick’ is when they’re compelled to attend for too lengthy between factors. Daniil Medvedev admitted he falls beneath that class. 

The Russian star mentioned: “I generally am someone who gets ready fast for the points. So, in general, I just get bored when people get ready for the serve too long. I stay there in return just like, ‘okay, let’s wait, let’s wait, let’s wait.

“But it’s normal. We have timings. Someone takes more time and someone takes less.”