Last Sunday, July 16, Carlos Alcaraz he was crowned Wimbledon champion for the first time in his career and lifted his second Grand Slam trophy at just 20 years old. Curiously, after the achievement, a story came to light in which the Spanish He knew how to train with nothing more and nothing less than with Roger Federer for a few minutes on the All England pitch.
Roger Federer with Carlos Alcaraz during a training session at Wimbledon 2019. IG: @carlitosalcarazz
The story, which was viralized through social networks by several users, date of 2019. Back then, when his majesty was preparing to play the quarterfinal match against Kei Nishikori, had a training session with Juan Carlos Ferrero who had already been retired for seven years and at that time was training a young Alcaraz who was only 17 years old.
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After the victory of the Swiss over the Japanese, in the run-up to the semifinals against Rafael Nadal, His Majesty once again summoned Ferrero to carry out a new training session. finished the same, “El mosquito” asked Federer if he could rally with his pupil, who was in London disputing the Junior modality of the contest.
The Spaniard, at the time, told Roger “hit hard, he can handle it.” A year and a half later, in an interview with the media Tennis Majors Alcaraz recalled that moment: “I haven’t practiced with Rafa, but with Federer at Wimbledon. It went very well, it was a unique experience for me. I was very happy afterwards and learned a lot. At first I was a bit nervous as a lot of people were looking at us, but as practice progressed I started to relax more and eventually really enjoyed it.”
Just four years after that moment, Carlitos made history in London, becoming the first player outside of the Big 4 to win Wimbledon in the past two decades.
2023-07-17 23:03:53
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