Carlos Alcaraz’s gesture that won the applause of the tennis world

Carlos Alcaraz will play in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 ATP tournament in Indian Wells this Thursday, Spanish early Friday morning, against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimewhich he lost in previous battles.

The Murcian tennis player has a lot at stake, because he is not only trying to repeat his qualification for the semifinals, but his goal is to get a trophy that also brings back the world number one that the Serb has. Novak Djokovic since he won his tenth Australian Open, twenty-second Grand Slam in January.

The task is daunting because the draw has obstacles, although affordable for a tennis player with the talent of Alcarazwho also has in his list of trophies like US Open, Miami, Godó and Madrid.

If he loses Auger-Aliassimeon Saturday he will meet in the semifinals of Indian Wells against the current champion of the event, the American taylor fritzor the Italian Jannik Sinner. And finally the Russian will wait Daniel Medvedev or the American Frances Tiafoe. Lots of fire.

But if the game Carlos Alcaraz dazzlingly, there are also other types of gestures that deserve universal applause. The tennis world applauded his British gesture Jack Draperwho withdrew from their quarterfinal matchup with an abdominal injury.

Tennis organizations congratulated themselves on the mature and sporting behavior of Alcaraz, at 19 years old the new sensation and should attract people to tennis for a long time.

“Class, respect,” said Tennis TV, the official channel that broadcasts ATP tournaments. He was referring to the message written on the television camera of Carlos Alcaraz. He didn’t bet on his bruise, crucially, in the quarterfinals. He remembered his opponent,

“Get well, Jack,” he said, translating from English to Spanish.

“There is nothing but respect between Carlos Alcaraz and Jack Draper”, stressed the ATP Tour, which was delighted by two of its young tennis players showing competitiveness in the development of the game but within a good and respectful relationship.

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Carlos Alcaraz You have experienced the pain of an injury. With the type of stomach, he was forced to retire in the quarterfinals of Paris-Bercy 2022, against the Danish. Holger Rune. He missed the last Australian Open due to a hamstring injury in his right leg that he suffered during the recent ATP final in Rio. lost against Cameron Norrie and will not be able to play in Acapulco later.

In fact, Indian Wells is only Carlos Alcaraz’s third official tournament this season, since November.

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