The new star of world tennis, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz will return to the tennis courts after his injury which kept him away from the circuit for more than a month. After missing the Australian Open, and thereby losing his place as world number 1, the young 19-year-old tennis player is taking advantage of his return to the Buenos Aires ATP to give an interview to a local newspaper. And he admitted that he had one regret in his career: not having realized his dream of facing Roger Federer.
Carlos Alcaraz has already achieved a lot at only 19 years old. Youngest world number 1 in the history of tennis at 19, he also won his first Grand Slam title at l’US Open in 2022. But despite everything, the Spaniard has a huge regret: that of not having been able to play against Roger Federer.
“I played against Rafa and Novak, but…”
Carlos Alcaraz confided in the Argentine newspaper The nation on his career and the players he faced. If he was able to play against Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, the young tennis player born in 2003 regrets not having been able to rub shoulders with the Swiss Roger Federer : « I would have loved to play against Roger Federer, it would have been a dream. I played against Rafa and Novak, but I couldn’t play against Roger. That’s a shame. »
“I loved watching him play”
Carlos Alcaraz is certainly one of the greatest promises of world tennis. And the young tennis player, failing not to have been able to play against his idol, was able to watch videos of him on the Internet, or on his television set: “ I loved his tennis. I loved watching him play. I spent the whole day watching his highlight, watching the matches. The Big 3, the Big 4 was always at the top of every tournament and I watched them a lot. »
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An exemplary trio
Carlos Alcaraz is going through a low period in his young career with this injury, having cost him his place of world number 1 at the expense of Novak Djokovic. But like Roger Federer, the serbia et Rafael Nadal are examples that wants to follow Carlos Alcaraz : «I have already climbed to the sky, but I must continue to mature. The best players in the history of tennis, like Rafa, Roger and Novak, have never stagnated and improved over time. I hope to make these small leaps and improve my tennis, both physically and mentally.»
