Alcaraz and Ferrero reunite with a hug in Turin, almost a year after their split

Carlos Alcaraz and Juan Carlos Ferrero have met again, and it went well. On Saturday in Turin, on the eve of the Nitto ATP Finals, the Spaniard and his former coach greeted each other with a handshake and a brief hug, in a scene filmed by Spanish outlet AS. It was their first public meeting since they stopped working together, almost a year ago.

The reunion took place during a public practice session, where Alcaraz was hitting with Ben Shelton, the American Ferrero now coaches. Alcaraz walked over to Ferrero and the team members standing by the net, and their hug drew an ovation from a crowd fully aware of what it was witnessing. Both men wore broad smiles and looked completely relaxed, before Alcaraz went back to his bag.

“I want to give him a big hug”

Alcaraz had made no secret of what he expected. “I’m not going to lie, it’s going to be a bit strange,” he said in Turin. “I really want to see him here, talk to him, say hello and, above all, give him a big hug. I think he’s going to do great things with Ben.”

Ferrero had said the same. “I want to see him and be able to chat calmly with him and the whole team,” he said, according to Eurosport.

The reunion closes, at least publicly, a chapter that kept the Spanish press busy all autumn. Ferrero reopened the split in an interview with El Mundo, admitting he “wasn’t too strict”, before confirming he would coach Shelton, the man Alcaraz beat in the Paris Masters final this month.

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