There is no record that seems unattainable for the Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz (3rd), who on Wednesday beat the Russian 6-4 and 6-2 Roman Safiullin (66°) in Paris 2024 to become the 11th U21 player to reach the quarter-finals at the Olympic Games, first in 16 years.
Going through his best moment on the circuit, mainly due to his respective crowns at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, the Murcian He continues to give ample evidence that he dreams of the gold medal every night on the French clay, where he only needed 89 minutes to string together his third victory in straight sets, after beating the Lebanese Hady Habib (278th) and the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor (28th).
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As a result, the former world number 1 joined a privileged group of young colleagues who had made it into the top eight at the iconic event, emulating Carl-Uwe Steeb in Seoul 1988, at Fabrice Santoro, Goran Ivanisevic y Marc Rosset in Barcelona 1992, at Roger Federer, Juan Carlos Ferrero y Arnaud Di Pasquale in Sydney 2000, at Thomas Berdych in Athens 2004, already Novak Djokovic y Gael Monfils in Beijing 2008.
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In order to continue etching his name in the history of the white sport, the owner of 14 titles will face the American Tommy Paul (13°), who beat local Corentin Moutet (69°) 7-6 (5) and 6-3.
