Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish phenomenon who has no limits and feels ready to win a Grand Slam

“Yes, I think I’m ready to win a Grand Slam, it’s a goal for me this year, I’ll work on it and see what happens at Roland Garros”. Carlos Alcaraz doesn’t shy away from pressure, as if he was at Caja Mágica in each of the five games that gave him the best week of his career to be crowned the title, he points to more. And you have what …

No one, since David Nalbandian from Cordoba in 2007, has beaten three Top 4 rivals in the same tournament. And more than that he admitted that he never dreamed of this gift, the fact is that he worked hard and prepared a lot to achieve it, with the work team led by Juan Carlos Ferrero.

As such, the permanent smile, the courage to play crucial moments and the fluidity of his punches solidify his candidacy to clinch the top clay-court title at the beginning of June.

“I try to have fun on the court, the tennis I play today makes me happy. I have a good time on the court, with the public, I’m happy and I try to do that in every game. Right now I don’t care who the rivals are. I, I experienced that last year and it made me learn. Now I don’t consider that I’m experiencing it for the first time. I go on court thinking that I can win, I trust myself and I think I could win anytime. “he thinks.

“It’s a special tournament, last year was the first Grand Slam where I reached the third round. This year I think people will take me as a favorite, but I don’t take it as pressure but as motivation. “I want to go to Paris to show my good level at a Grand Slam. This title gives me a lot of confidence to get to Roland Garros with strength.”recognized about Paris.

And because that’s the main goal, Alcaraz announced that he will rest this week at the Masters 1000 in Rome at the Foro Italico. “I woke up with a regular ankle, more swollen, and I had a blister on my foot that was infected. It was a hard start to the day, I was having a bit of a hard time walking. I did some tricks with the doctor and the physio to be 100 %”he hinted.

the step of Charlie Brown -as he wanted to be called because his name seemed old- he would not be noticed in Madrid. Furthermore, the ways in which he played the final against German Alexander Zverev.

The 19-year-old from Murcia who has downsized records for every tournament he will go through is unstoppable. He surpassed the king of brick dust, the one with the most Grand Slams (21), his compatriot Rafael Nadal, and also exposed the number one in the world, Serbian Novak Djokovic.

The revenge against the German, the 2021 champion of this tournament, is in the blink of an eye. Once he saw the situation, an accelerated rival, no cracks and a dedicated public applauding him at every intervention, he knelt down. He raised the flag of surrender with double guilt. just holding on to the track 62 minutes.

The youngest champion of the Mutua Madrid Open is on the verge of perfection in many moments. He offered an exhibition of punches in the first set that surprised the German. It was the power of a repetitive Zverev weapon with a long blast on one side and on the other. But Alcaraz responded with more force and a lot of pulse to the drops.

The twenty -eighth win of the season for Alcaraz, more than anyone, was more convincing than the others for Madrid. The Murcian, who reminded his compatriots on television “Long live El Palmar and long live Murcia”, will be the sixth player in the world on Monday.

The Spanish already have five titles, four this season. Two of them from the Masters 1000, the highest ranking after the Grand Slam. But the youngest champion in Madrid Masters history still has a pending account, which he hopes will be fixed soon.

“Millions of hours of work are needed and tennis is not an obligation. Have fun and work”his philosophy.

With information from EFE