Correspondent in New York
Updated:06/09/2021 05: 15h
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Carlos Alcaraz speaks with simplicity and with a huge smile about everything that is happening to him in this US Open, where he has been confirmed as the latest sensation in world tennis.
On Tuesday he will play in the quarterfinals of the New York tournament, the first time for him in a ‘big’ and he takes it as a gift. “I’m excited to be for the first time in a second week of a ‘Grand Slam’ tournament,” he said after beating German Peter Gojowczyk in the round of 16. “It is a dream come true”.
It is also a record in New York. At 18 years old, he is the youngest in the Open era – which started in 1968 – to sneak into this round in New York. Before, it was only achieved by the Brazilian Thomaz Koch in 1963. «Impress a little», acknowledged. “But it has nothing to do with it if you don’t get to where the best players in history have reached later.”
The first wickers to achieve this have been placed on the slopes of Flushing Meadows. “I did not expect to reach the quarterfinals here,” he said, but added that he hopes “to play more times in second weeks.”
In his environment, everything is cautious with a young boy, who still has a lot to grow. But Alcaraz shows self-confidence on and off the court. “I’m an ambitious boy who always wants more,” he said of his chances from now on. “Being in the quarterfinals right now is incredible, I didn’t expect it. But I believe in myself in my game and thinking about it a little cold I think I can be here right now in this ‘Grand Slam’ and in those to come ».
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