Carlos Alcaraz’s father, with his feet on the ground

Carlos Alcaraz’s father stated that the young athlete from Murcia, who at the age of 19 is the youngest number 1 in the history of tennis, “has an amazing team both on the court and off it”, which will work so that “it will not go to your head “, after he pointed out: “At home we are as we are and we will not change at this point either”.

In an interview with EFE, Carlos Alcaraz Gonzalez He valued what his son had achieved, but made it clear that you have to stay grounded.

This former tennis player, who became 780 in the international ranking when there were 1,200 players with ATP points and 42 in Spain at the absolute level, was responsible for introducing his son to this sport, enrolling him in Real Sociedad Club de Campo de Murcia, where Carlitos started providing his first rackets and where he is still its sports director.

Referring to what was achieved in New York in the first Grand Slam in his son’s career, Alcaraz González was delighted and said it was “a historic and brilliant moment for Murcian sport.”

“I don’t know if it’s something unique, but what was achieved in New York is something huge, with the US Open title and the first position in the ATP. Without a doubt, it’s a very special event ,” he said.

“The first thing that comes to mind after a victory of this kind is a thought for all the boys who train in search of a dream and for the sacrifice of their parents. When you start as a child with doubts, but also a lot of illusion in the little ones and their families”, he said.

“We are nothing special and Carlos is not an alien but a boy just like others,” he warned. “What he lived and lives through can happen to other children tomorrow.”

Stopping at the moment where Carlitos completed the victory in the final against the Norwegian Casper Ruud, which he witnessed, he commented that he felt “above all great pleasure and great pride”.

“It’s like a tsunami of emotions that will melt with the passing of days. This is something historic, which is not easy to achieve and will last forever,” he stressed.

he is fine

“It’s true that Carlos seems a bit nervous, but so is Ruud because of what’s at stake. He might dropshot too much, but his tennis is like that, although Casper, who is very fast, read him very quickly. Well. What can be said about Carlos is that he chooses the moment well, but he can’t stop being direct”, he pointed out, while he especially highlighted the match point he saved in the quarterfinals against Jannik Sinner.

The father of the number one assured that Carlos “needs to accept defeats and be ready to accept them, because sport is about winning and losing”, stressing that it is important to remain strong no matter how much the spotlight is pointed directly at him .

“He receives an amazing amount of ‘input’ and is known all over the world. He can’t walk calmly because as soon as he steps on the street they immediately ask for photos and autographs. This is something he also needs assimilate. , that he is getting better and we will continue like this, so we will watch so that what he is experiencing does not go to his head,” he said.