At 20 years old, a US Open and a Wimbledon, the youngest world number one in the ATP ranking, winner of thirteen professional titles, five in the Masters 1000 category, which puts him in second place among the under-21s, after Rafael Nadalwho got nine.
A dream career, a career made for many. Not in the case of its protagonist, who always emphasized that “you have to think big”, who entered tennis with the idea of breaking all the records, however unattainable the exploits of the ‘Big 3’ of Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer.
A need that also has tolls. He testified to them Alcarazwho was pleased because he was relieved after renewing hegemony at the Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000, his first title in seven months, since Wimbledon.
In the California desert, he finds himself again, after a difficult recent episode. On “your track”, as the Russian describes it Daniel Medvedevvictim for the second year of the Spaniard’s excellence on a surface that emphasizes his qualities: not too fast, allows a high bounce, and a ball that receives spin.
“I love you so much,” he told his team. Carlos Alcaraz on the track, in public, in front of everyone. He wanted to highlight his own and general efforts to overcome a double challenge: the doubts in his head and those that came from the ankle injury, which jeopardized a valid participation.
More assimilated the moment, he insisted Alcaraz in that “the last two or three months I wasn’t me. People close to me told me, I didn’t smile like I used to. I didn’t enjoy going to the track. In Indian Wells I found my self. There is no way to give up, it is a process of daily struggle. Convinced that the reward will come.
“The lesson I take away is that you can overcome all problems, no matter what they are. If you believe in yourself, have a good team with you and work hard, everything can be returned,” the Murcian study. He explained that “after winning Wimbledon it was not an easy time because I didn’t find my style, but I enjoyed the court. I did a good tour in the United States. At the end of the year I didn’t play well, but I enjoyed it. But I stopped doing it in the last few months. It was difficult “.
Alcaraz laugh and win, ride too much, ride too much. They are together. He now has a sweet goal in front of him, to complete a ‘Sunshine Double’, chained the Indian Wells and Miami crowns in the same season. He has it on different courses, as his Masters 1000 record opens at Miami 2022.
The painting was raffled off yesterday. He came out as the first seed, in the absence of number 1 Novak Djokovic. I know I will avoid it until the final Jannik Sinnersecond seed, but avoided another heavyweight and direct rival for the No. 1, Russian Daniil Medvedev, who can repeat in the semis the last one he won in 2023 against Sinner.
Next Friday or Saturday, Alcaraz will make his debut against his compatriot Roberto Carballes or the Australian Alexander Vukic. As a trap match, the third round match Ben Shelton.
Source: La Verdad
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