Another historic day for tennis

This Monday, October 3, 2022, has been a historic day for Spanish tennis and sports. Another one. It hasn’t been accompanied by the expectation and emotion produced by the live show of the competition, and it hasn’t made headlines either, because the event had already been known since last Friday, when Casper Ruud lost in the quarterfinals seoul. But neither one thing nor the other detracts from it an iota of value. Spain shines this week with the first two world rackets: Carlos Alcarazat number one, and Rafael Nadal, in the two. Just another country USAhad achieved it before, although it is true that on several occasions and with seven different players, although the last one was in the distant 2000, with Andre Agassi y Pete Sampras. She has rained. Today, his first tennis player, Taylor Fritzoccupies the 11th place of the ATP.

Spanish men’s tennis thus achieves a new milestone, in a particularly fruitful year, with 14 titles with six different tennis players, three of them in the Grand Slam and many others in Masters 1.000. The next country, again the USA, has six. Spain is a world power. The tradition, the climate, the facilities, the technicians… Everything adds up. Champions no longer arise by spontaneous generation, as in the days of Manolo Santana. Now the last two number ones, Alcaraz and Nadal, are trained by two other number ones, John Charles Ferrero y Carlos Moya. Another proof of the reference that this country supposes is that the number three, Casper Ruudhas also been formed in these parts, in the Nadal Academy. The general level is radiant. And not only is Rafa. In 2014, David Ferrer He occupied the third step, with the Balearic as the leader. And in 2017, Nadal himself coincided as the first racket with Garbiñe Muguruza in that position of WTA. Now the king of ranking, alcaraz, is 19 years old, which ensures succession. There is past, present and future, in a sport with brilliance and roots.