Carlos Alcaraz She has the possibility to become the youngest tennis player to accumulate four Grand Slam titles at the age of 21, breaking the American record. Don Budgewho was 22 years old when he completed poker in 1938. At the professional level, he holds the precocity record. Rafael Nadal At the age of 23, he once won the 2010 US Open at the age of 24.
The Murcian can also become the youngest to reach five Grand Slam crowns as an under-21 player. Champion in US Open 2022, Wimbledon 2023 and Roland Garros and Wimbledon 2024, he does not hide that he intends to be the best in history. The speed of his capture is hectic.
Last season he split the Grand Slams with Italian Jannik Sinner, 23 years old and currently No. 1, who opened his history at the Australian Open, continuing it at the US Open.
In this new generation following a ‘Big 3’ of which only one continues Novak Djokovic which was reduced to zero last year, by far the biggest victim is the Dane Holger Rune, 19 years old and he competed with Alcaraz in the base categories. He enjoyed a spectacular appearance on the ATP Tour, but his star is fading, even falling out of the top-10 in the world.
but the classic Alcaraz-Sinner there may be a third main character. At 18 years old, Brazilian Joao Fonseca showed his great development by making his Grand Slam debut with a huge victory over the Russian. Andrey Rublevworld No. 9, at the Australian Open.
This admirer of Roger Federer at the sports level, and Gustavo ‘Guga Kuertenfrom a more personal perspective. Everyone was waiting for his entrance on the stage at Melbourne Park.
Also Carlos Alcarazwho once trained with the player from Rio de Janeiro. “I couldn’t see the whole match, but I could see the beginning and the end. It was unbelievable. The way he played in his first Grand Slam match and against a top-10 team, how he handled the his nerves and the fight against the general is incredible “.
The Murcian is clear about this. “He’s someone with whom, let’s say, I have to be careful. I have to see him. It’s only the beginning, a game, but he’s going to be there,” he says.
He has already asked his team to be attentive, as Fonseca has entered the “list of players to consider”.
Source: La Verdad
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