Carlos Alcaraz defeated Frenchman Gregoire Barrère 6-2 and 7-5 in his first match at the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, where he has not made his debut until now as he returns to the calendar four years later, when the pandemic has already occurred. succeeded.which had one of its main centers in China.
After moving to the round of 32, against the British Dan Evans or the Kazakh Mikahil Kukushkin, who did not play due to rain, Alcaraz spoke briefly with Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Their brief conversation was not overheard but it may have had something to do with the message the tennis player later wrote to the television camera. “Madrona, this victory is for you,” Alcaraz wrote, signing an emotional dedication.
It concerns José Manuel Madrona, who did everything in the named Ferrero Tennis Academy in Villena. He was on sick leave after experiencing a serious traffic accident. These are difficult times for someone who has been closely linked for many years to the center where the Murcian found a home when he began his adventure with Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Madrona has already been mentioned by Guillermo García-López or Pablo Carreño this week in an event that coincides with the ATP Challenger dispute taking place in the academy.
Source: La Verdad
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