PARIS — Future number 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, at age 19, arrived at Roland Garros for the 1999 French Open qualifying tournament and lost in the first round. his student, carlos alcaraz, on a faster timeline. The 19-year-old Alcaraz arrived in Paris as the 6th place in the main draw and one of the clear …
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The 18-year-old Spaniard has recently appeared in two major American tournaments, reaching the semifinals at Indian Wells and winning the Miami Open. Source link
They are quite the opposite: Nadal, the maximizer of potential; Kyrgios flickering flame. Nadal is deliberate, sometimes clumsy, between serves and numbers. Kyrgios plays as if he has a plane to catch. Nadal has never yelled in anger in his professional career; Kyrgios scored twice on Thursday, 7-6 (0), 5-7, 6-4 for the second time …
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VILLENA, Spain — In the adjoining room the hardcore tennis academy’s Christmas party was in progress. But Carlos Alcaraz was sitting calmly at a table surrounded by trophies, talking about the beauty of training in this remote, comfortable and “peaceful” place. It was hard not to find a metaphor as the dance music pierced the …
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The coming-of-age party and the fifth set tiebreak match ended on Friday night. 18-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz has finally finished throwing the towel in the stands of Arthur Ashe Stadium after upsetting Stefano Tsitsipas at the US Open. Fans marched up the stairs to the exits, individually or in small groups. They were smiling, sometimes …
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For years, tennis has asked herself how she’s going to move forward as its biggest stars head to the exits. If the first week of the US Open is any indication, the 18-year-old named Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu may have just dived into a place where they don’t belong yet but clearly do. “Vamonos!” …
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For years, tennis has asked herself how she’s going to move forward as its biggest stars head to the exits. If the first week of the US Open is any indication, the 18-year-old named Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu may have just dived into a place where they don’t belong yet but clearly do. “Vamonos!” …