Carlos Alcaraz He won 159 of the 203 matches he won on the ATP Tour, with an efficiency of 78.3% when he was just 20 years old. He very quickly, not in vain became the youngest number one in the history of the professional circuit at the age of 19, in September 2022.
In the last season, 2023, their balance was 65 wins and 12 losses. His stats are improving as he establishes himself among the elite. Double Grand Slam champion (US Open 2022 and Wimbledon 2023), he is losing more and more matches.
He is a rival to beat, he is the favorite in most of his matches, going up against his current biggest opponents, the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Italian Jannik Sinner.
After losing in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open against the German Alexander Zverev With a result that did not satisfy him at all as he expected more from himself in this event, he returned to the track this week. On the clay of the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires, where he defends his title.
His first opponent, in the round of 16 because he was exempt from the opening round, will emerge from the clash between the Peruvian. Juan Pablo Varillas and the Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli.
Before the debut, official promotional events are necessary for the who’s who of the biggest stars of this Argentine Open. Among them, a series of anecdotal questions. And one appeared that shows the wonderful memory of Carlos Alcarazthough no one is forgiven, it never forgets any defeat.
“What does it mean to go by bike?”, the official media of the tournament asked him. “I don’t use that but I know what it means,” Alcaraz answered quickly. His smile grew as the dialogue progressed. He knows very well, and says so, what it means to lose or win 6-0 and 6-0. Zeroes become bicycle tires in tennis slang.
“Have you ever been with them on a bicycle?”… Yes, even Carlos Alcaraz could not escape receiving 0-6 and 0-6, leaving the field on a bicycle. This is how he revealed it: “Once. Ten years, they took me on a bike.”
And he pointed, laughing, at the culprit. “Yes, I remembered. To forget! He was a friend of Murcia, in a tournament there in Murcia. His name was Antonio Lopez. Well, Antoñito, if you see him, you’re a bastard!”, the El Palmar tennis player let loose between laughs.
Journalist Germán R. Abril published a photo in X pointing out that “it was ten years ago at a tournament in Totana.”
Source: La Verdad
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