Sometimes the journalists, in a wish that the wheel of success does not stop, we elevate an athlete ahead of time. A defect to which illusion pushes us. Like any hobbyist. But it is not the case of Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image, because who speaks wonders of his tennis (which confirms that we are facing a crack) are his teammates. People, for example, with 20 Grand SlamTo their backs and those destined to succeed them, who would have no need to gift the ears of a newcomer.
Who speaks is Nadal: “Apart from being a great tennis player, he is a boy who has things clear. With positive inner values. Society needs them and he has them. He will have a fantastic future ”. “His way of playing is very impressive. He shows great maturity at the age of 18 ”, he explains of him Djokovic. “I had never seen anyone hit the ball with that force. We are facing one of the players with a better future ”, he predicts Tsitsipas. “It has great potential, I felt it in his blows, ”says Zverev… And so on a few more. But let’s not look for similarities or measure him with the stick of Nadal’s successes. They say that when Juan Belmonte he saw fight one afternoon Curro Romero, Rafael the rooster He asked him about the boy who raised so much expectation. And the Astonishment He sentenced: “He has neither a little bit of you nor a little bit of me. It has a lot of him ”. Well that. Alcaraz is Alcaraz. And if he continues like this, he will go as far as he wants.