Teodor Davidov: The young phenomenon without arrears and points to the future number 1

Carlos Alcaraz is the current tennis player. Despite being less than 19 years old, Murcian made it into the front door in the Top 10 (number 9) after winning the Miami, Rio and Godó tournaments this year. An example of precocity in a sport that is accustomed to seeing emerging stars from time to time.

We have the last example in Teodor Davidov, a young American born in Bulgaria that everyone admires. What makes him special, in addition to his tremendous talent, is that he has no backhand. When the ball comes to the right he hits the right, and when it comes to the left he hits the left.

A strange case of a total ambidextrous athlete which is a real revolution in the world of tennis, where the backhand is usually the weak point of many players.

Born in Sofia on August 26, 2010, Teodor moved with his parents to Colorado (United States) when he was almost a year and a half old.. Before he was three years old, he started playing tennis, always under the supervision of his father, Kalin, who guided his career in the purest style of Richard Williams.

“When Teo was about to turn eight, I decided that he would start playing with his left hand to affect the right hemisphere of his brain.. He is very outgoing, fiery and somewhat unbalanced, so I just want to affect the right hemisphere of his brain, using the left side of his body, ”Kalin explained in an interview with The Guardian.

The fact is that the results of little Teodor are still promising. Last year he made his mark in the Easter Bowla tournament in the youth category (Under 18, 16, 14 and 12) organized by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) in which Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Lindsay Davenport shone in the past or Jennifer Capriati , at this week he gets a tier win at the IMG Future Stars Invitationala tournament that brings together this week in Athens the best players in the world between 10 and 12 years old.