Carlos Alcaraz has won an over five hour battle against Sinner and dreams big. Photo: EFE
Statistics show that he became the first tennis player in 2003 to win a match on the ATP circuit. Carlos Alcaraz, however, it is much more. At 19 he is the great hope / reality of Spanish tennis, what with his own Navy and with Rafael Nadal at the helm, he has dominated the circuit and won several Davis Cups over the past 20 years.
Murciano, who trains under the orders of another member of that glorious Spanish caste like the Mosquito Juan Carlos Ferrero took a big leap over the course of 2022, in which he won the Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona Open, and the Masters 1000 in Miami and Madrid, as well as taking a resounding victory over his idol, Rafael Nadal.
As for his elite beginnings, in 2019 he won his first trophy, the Dénia M25, and became the first born in 2003 to win a match on the Challenger circuit, a category in which he also had the luxury of beating Jannik. Sinner, who would eventually become U21 Masters champion.
Consulted by the ATP site about his style, the young man did not joke: “I like to play very aggressively, with many winning shots. My style is more or less like Roger Federer’s“.
But at the same time he has shown that he has a clear path: “When I spend time with great tennis players, I like it Rafa or Ferrero or any other player, I don’t say anything. I listen to everything they say because it is very precious to me ”.
Having reached the semifinals of the US Open opens the door for him to become the youngest number one in history and break Lleyton Hewitt’s precocity record.
The Australian accepted the position on November 19, 2001, at the age of 20.
For this he has to beat Tiafoe and reach the final and that Casper Rudd does not. In the event that the Norwegian is his rival in the decisive match, the top of world tennis will be at stake.
Source: Clarin
