The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz received this Wednesday at the Pala Alpitour in Turin where the ATP Finals will be held, which he missed due to a stomach injury, the award that identifies him as the number one of the season and makes him the youngest in history to achieve it.
The tennis player the palmar, at 19 years old, dressed in a black suit and light pants, he was crowned number one on the center court of the venue putting an end to the season with the eight best rackets on the circuit in a special ceremony before the fall between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and Russian Daniil Medvedev.
Alcaraz certified end of the season at the top when the Norwegian Casper Ruud it ended Rafa Nadal’s options, already eliminated, needed to win the tournament or reach the final undefeated. The other contender for the position of highest privilege is Hellene Tsitsipas, who needs to become an undefeated champion to rise to the top.
“Receiving this trophy means a lot to me, being a part of tennis history is an incredible award,” he said at a press conference. Although “the hard part is staying”, so he promised to “keep working” to achieve it.
“It’s a bit disappointing that I’m not here playing, I really wanted to play but these things happen in tennis. At the same time I’m very happy to lift this trophy. All the hard work pays, it’s amazing to receive the trophy,” he concluded.
Alcaraz is the first player other than Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray which ends at the highest since 2003: “It’s unbelievable that a 19-year-old boy came and took the record, but this is what I worked for and we will try to continue like this. The data is incredible and showing the degree to which the ‘big’ is four’ of the remainder”.
The one from El Palmar (Murcia), was confirmed as number one after the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and also the Spanish Rafael Nadal ran out of options, and acknowledged that he had seen both matches, with the difference that he encouraged his countrymen and not the Hellenes
“I won’t lie, at the Tsitsipas game I was cheering for Djokovic, but I can’t fight Rafa, I’ve been with him all my life, he’s Spanish. Even if he took number one from me. , happy I hope so,” he explained.
On how he mentally faces the matches now, he said: “I am helped by the type of person I am, very natural, who is happy with a little. With my family, friends, I feel like a normal and ordinary person, it helps me to be calm. It’s hard to believe that people like Rafa or Djokovic, who I admire, are saying nice things about me,” he said.
The Murcian is clear about his goals for next season, “the Grand Slams,” he said emphatically. And if he had to put a ‘but’ on the current season, Alcaraz admitted it would be the “end of the year”.
“It has been a very, very good season. I have had results that could have gone better and due to the injury, that might be the only ‘but'”, he insisted.
With the injury taking him out of the competition and that also keeping him away from Davis cupHe commented that he was “very good” and that he was thinking about Australia, because on principle he would not play then.
“I’m going very well, very fast. Focused on recovering as soon as possible, I would say that in a week we have evolved a lot, at the beginning of the season I will be one hundred percent”, prognosis.
“Right now the idea is to play directly in Australia. I don’t know how the injury will go but I would say yes, I’m going to go directly,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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