Alexander Moora 21-year-old from Madrid, has become the star of the first qualifying round of the Mutua Madrid Open.
Moor, 440 ATP, rreceived an invitation to the qualifying draw after failing to get a wild card for the main draw of the challenger in the Spanish capital that took place from April 11 to 17. That went to Frenchman Lucas Pouille.
“Two weeks ago I did not imagine being here. It was all a bit at the last minute. I had the ‘wild card’ for the challenger and at the last moment they changed my invitation,” he said at the conclusion of his 6-0 victory and 6-4 before Francisco Cerndolo, 47 on the lists and who had just reached the semifinals of the Miami Masters 1,000.
He started in a club in Torres de la Alameda, at the age of eight, and later jumped to a school in Alcal de Henares. He was trained to jump to professionalism at the Sánchez-Casal Academy, between Barcelona and Florida. He has returned to the capital of Spain to put himself under the orders of his lifelong coach, David Flores.
My advantage is that they don’t know me, a year ago I had no ranking
Follow your particular dream tomorrow where the Italian Lorenzo Musetti awaits you: “My advantage is that they don’t know me, although Musetti will be able to watch the game I played today. Last year, at this point, I had no ranking“. His mirror image is Carlos Alcaraz, with whom he met three years ago at the Denia Future. The Murcian won 6-2 and 6-4. “Carlos is an inspiration to me because of how he is growing and his gall in track,” Moro says.
When I came of age I left school “because if I wanted to be a tennis player I had to dedicate as much time as possible to it. At home they have instilled that in me, to be a worker, to be constant and to go 100 percent”.
The memory of the first point
His first ATP point was added in May 2019 in a Future tournament in Vic against the Russian Alen Avidzba. The young Alejandro was the only one of the four invited to the qualifying phase who passed the initial screening. Daniel Rincn, Daniel Mrida and the Chinese Juncheng Shang said goodbye.
To gauge the level of the Mutua Madrid Open qualifier, one piece of information is worth it: he closed the list in 89th place with the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka.
Moro has won 13,810 euros for his victory this Saturday. In his sports career he accumulated 19,000 euros. The other Spaniard who passed round in the previous one was Robero Carballswhich exceeds Alex Molcan 7-5 and 6-4.
