Carlos Alcaraz He is amply prepared at 18 to face any challenge. He has shown that he has the three C’s that his grandfather considers key to aspiring to success: “Head, heart and balls”, as the Murcian revealed after dethroning the defending champion at the Miami ATP Masters 1000, the Polish Hubert Hurkaczby 7-6 (7-5) and 7-6 (7-2).
“It goes for Juanki. This victory is yours !!!”, wrote the kid from El Palmar on the television camera. One more message of thanks to John Charles Ferreromuch more than a coach for the tennis player and who is following the tournament from Villena because he had to leave the United States on the run due to the sudden death of his father, Eduardo.
Expeditious in hitting the ball, creative with drop shots, clairvoyant strategist. A crusher on the track, moved by a privileged brain. The fundamentals are solid. Her look at her referent Reef Nadal It is not only technical, but also personal. Not a bad gesture. On the contrary, at 5-6 in the first set with Hurkacz he conceded the repetition of a point that the referee had given him considering that the Pole had returned the dropshot after having already touched the ground twice. An error corrected with a lot of ‘fair play’ by the Spanish.
The attitude and maturity of a chosen one, well above his young age, 18 years old, and still a short career in the ATP Tour. Today, Sunday, at 7 p.m. Central European Time, one o’clock in Miami, you can become the youngest champion of the tournament, beating the record for Novak Djokovicthe best with 19 in 2007. For a month Rafa Nadal was earlier in reaching the final, although he lost in 2005 against Roger Federer.
The man from Manaco, in fact, still does not have Miami in his record, after five lost finals (2005, 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017). They didn’t lift the trophy either. Sergi Bruguera (1997), Carlos Moya (2003) and David Ferrer (2013). A ‘cursed’ event for Spanish men’s tennis, which can be remedied Carlos Alcaraz equating to Arantxa Sanchez VicarioWTA champion in 1992 and 1993.
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Alcaraz has arrived to continue building the walls implemented by his predecessors and break those barriers perpetuated over time. Miami is one of them. His last rival is the first Norwegian in a Masters 1000 ATP final, Casper Ruud, 23 years old and world number 8. Tennis player linked to Rafa Nadal Academy that until now had shone especially on clay. On this surface he won 6 of his seven titles, although on it he was beaten by the Murcian in Marbella 2021, 6-2 and 6-4.
The Murcian, who has won 17 of his 19 matches this year, will officially face his third ATP final, which does not include the title won in the Next Gen ATP Milan Finals 2021. Yes Umag 2021 and Rio de Janeiro 2022both on land.
He is one game away from being the third youngest champion of a Masters 1000, a category that was born in 1990 with the ATP, only behind the Grand Slam. Michael Chang he dominated Toronto 1990 with 18 and 157 days. Reef Nadal began his reign in Montecarlo winning in 2005 with 18 and 318. Eighteen and 333 days has Alcaraz, who knocks on the door of the top-10: guaranteed twelfth place, he would be eleventh if he is the champion. On European clay he will land in the ‘top ten’. In the image and likeness of Rafa Nadal, who at 18 entered the top ten in the ranking, conquering the Godó 2005. She hasn’t left that group since.
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