The fulfilled prophecy of Carlos Alcaraz

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The prophecy of Nico Almagro in Rafael Nadal and Roland Garros when he was suffering from the power of the manacorí in Paris continued to be a topical issue when the Balearic lifted a Musketeers Cup. Fourteen of them have been achieved in this season’s edition.

quarterfinals in 2008. Tired of being dominated, he shouted in the second set: “He’s going to win Roland Garros 40 years in a row. He’s going to be 65 years old and he’s going to keep winning Roland Garros.” Rafael Nadal is 36 now.

Almagro lost 6-1, 6-1 and 6-1. Then a compatriot of Nico, Carlos Alcaraz, he is 5 years old. He has already shown his precocity on the courts of Real Sociedad Club de Tenis Murcia.

The ever-willing Almagro would surely have coined another lapidary phrase if he had suffered the antics of Charlie Brown On a track. Return each ball, it’s as fast as a flash. And brave, both on the court and in his general approach to tennis.

For the prediction, the one that he released himself to the public at the beginning of April of this year. After winning his first ATP Masters 1000 in Miamidefinitely beat the Norwegian in the final Casper RuudCarlos Alcaraz was attended by a small group of Spanish journalists, including Mundo Deportivo itself.

And this is category. “I’m not afraid to say I’m ready to win a Grand Slam. Maybe not Roland Garros, but I can win a Grand Slam this year. I have confidence and I’m ready physically and mentally,” he said when he was still 18 years old.

He is right. it’s not in Paris, He also didn’t expect it to happen at Wimbledon, although he didn’t mention it specifically, but it happened on his most natural terrain, the hard court, and at a US Open where, without half his current potential, especially. physically, he finished fourth in his debut.

And the world number one? “I am working to find my place at number one. You never know when a Grand Slam will come to you, although I am ready to get a good result. And it will be more difficult for number one to come, which I hope will be as soon as possible. but I can’t say when. He is not yet in the top-10, which he will enter on April 25. And maybe it will come sooner than you think. Although his career is going fast in all directions.

Source: La Verdad

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