Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image he breaks a record in every game he wins. Or several. His agonizing victory, again in five sets, against Peter Gojowczyk elevates him as the youngest tennis player to play a quarter of the US Open on the It was Open, which started in 1968. If we open the fan at four Grand slams, only appears Michael Chang on Roland Garros 1990. Other brands conquered in this great equal to or put it ahead of the Big three, of those three eternal names: Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. The Murcian does not evade the data, but neither is he obsessed with it. “They impress a little bit, but they don’t mean anything if I don’t get to where the best in history did. Everyone has to go their own way ”, says Alcaraz, focused on his own. A quality that dazzles at their age, those overflowing 18 years, is his head. During games, Carlos puts his index finger to his temple several times. Also his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero placeholder image. They both know that it is key. Tennis is a slide of emotions and a showcase of strategies. You have to control them.
Alcaraz is already in the quarterfinals, who will face the same head, with his feet on the ground, but also with the spirit of a potential champion: “I always want more.” There awaits you Felix Auger-Aliassime, another young man, 21 years old, more shot. It is the first time that the Murcian reaches the second week of a Grand Slam, where, by the way, there are no other Spaniards left, after the elimination of Garbiñe Muguruza. Everything is new for Carlos, but for that very reason, he has nothing to lose. Every victory is a record. Every crossing is a lesson. “I have learned a lot from the last two games,” says Alcaraz, even with his epic triumph over Stefanos Tsitsipas on the retina. Ferrero has already said: “We are not going to demand results, it is growing.” Each racket is an investment in the future.