Carlos Alcaraz: Rising Tennis Star Aims for Olympic Gold Alongside Rafael Nadal

The recent Wimbledon champion, Carlos Alcaraz, does not want to be left alone with this and aims to win all the tournaments. At his young age, 20 years old, the Spanish tennis player already achieved the second, in his record, of the four grand slams on the professional circuit.

“Competing in the Olympic Games has been a great dream,” he said in an interview with the International Tennis Federation. In addition to this, he revealed the name of the partner he would like to team up with and represent his country.

Carlos Alcaraz had won the US Open in 2022. | Photo: Getty Images

Carlos Alcaraz affirmed that he would like to play alongside one of his idols, Rafael Nadal, and expressed that “it would be perfect to win a gold medal in doubles.” The world tennis star is recovering from an injury to his left leg.

Well, one year to the start of the tennis competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Spaniard will have a year to decide if they will participate in the international tournaments to represent their country and fight for a new achievement in their professional career.

The phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz

In twelve games on grass, including the seven that have led him to win Wimbledon, Carlos Alcaraz has shown that he is capable of defeating anyone and on any surface, to the point of being compared to the ‘Big 3’.

Carlos Alcaraz, Spanish tennis player. | Photo: Corbis via Getty Images

Alcaraz left the 36-year-old Serb without a record 24th Grand Slam title and without a record eighth title on London grass. As if that were not enough, the Murcian tennis player deprived Djokovic of the possibility of winning the four ‘Bigs’ the same year, after Nole’s victories in Australia and at Roland Garros.

And that until this year the Spanish star had not offered any indications on grass that could suggest that success, unlike on hard surfaces (where he won the US Open last year) or on clay, where he has already won prestigious tournaments.

Praise for the Spanish

“He has surprised everyone with the way he has adapted (…) His ‘slices’, his returns, his game at the net, are impressive. I didn’t expect him to play so well on grass”, admits Djokovic.

To the point that he himself, the only player to have won each of the four Grand Slam tournaments on at least three occasions, even compares it with the three members of the ‘Big 3’ that has reigned hegemonically in tennis for two years. decades: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and him.

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic | Photo: Getty Images

“For someone like Novak who I have admired since I started playing tennis to say that about you, that is going to be unforgettable,” Alcaraz replied. In addition, the Spanish tennis player added: “My feeling is that I am ready to experience this type of situation, play epic matches with great legends and on great stages.”

2023-07-28 03:35:18
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