Carlos Alcaraz’s smile is becoming universal. At 19 years old, he has become for the second year in a row the great sensation of the US Open.
No one at his age had seen all his games scheduled at the Arthur Ashe center.the largest tennis stadium in the world (24,000 spectators).
The Alcarazmana has arrived in the city of skyscrapers and the tennis player realized it from his first walk through Times Square on Sunday, August 21 upon arrival from Cincinnati.
Carlitos, semi-finalist after beating Jannik Sinner and who got his first ticket to a Grand Slam semi-final, adds 49 victories in the course.
Carlos Alcaraz beats Sinner and gets into the semifinals of the US Open
The leadership in games won has given him the mathematical option of becoming the youngest number one in history. It is a matter of days before he breaks that record because the earliest leader was Lleyton Hewitt, at 20 years and nine months.
That means that Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil has this season left and the one to come to beat that mark. A picture is worth more than 1,000 words and it was immortalized by Alcaraz in the Flushing Meadows central after beating Marin Cilic and going to the quarterfinals.
He went to celebrate it with the hundreds of fans who crowded into the front rows and did not hesitate to take a selfie with them before the astonished gaze of the security members.
The tennis player from El Palmar, through his agent Albert Molina at IMGhas signed agreements with Nike, Babolat, Rolex, ISDIN, BMW, the Region of Murcia and El Pozo Alimentacin.
And more contracts to come because its image gives off the values that all big companies want to convey: youth, closeness and a winning character.
The mother who gave birth to Carlos Alcaraz, what a point after hitting the ball from behind!
Federer’s attention
Roger Federer wanted him in the fifth edition of the Laver Cup at the O2 Arena (September 23-25), but the Murcian is looking closely at his calendar. Being at the Open 500 in Astana, from October 3 to 9.
It will be one of the four tournaments that Alcaraz will play until the end of the campaign. The others will be Basel, Paris-Bercy and the Tour Masters Cup..
Without forgetting that they will be the leader of Spain in the group stage of the Davis Cup in Valencia (September 13-18) and also in the finals in Malaga if the national team qualifies.
