Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 23:06 | Updated 23: 32h.
With just 21 years, Carlos Alcaraz has broken into the ATP circuit with the strength of those who not only dream of making history, but are already writing it. In a sport hungry for new legends after the era of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, the Murcian athlete has shown that he does not fear the weight of the legacy. He is one of the great Spanish and winner of four Grand Slams. The player went to ‘El Hormiguero’ to present ‘in my way’, the documentary series that opens in Netflix and portrays the youngest number one in the history of tennis. “I have no idea of the trips that I do over a year, but they are a lot around the world,” said the guest. Peripts in which you also seek to entertain yourself. «Before I played video games, I’ve already matured. I am with my team, with my family, with my friends. I love doing different things. We love the parchies and play cards, ”he discovered. He usually plays Parking with Rafa Nadal. «And I won him. I played that game well. They say it’s luck, but knowing them luck, ”he joked.
Each player has his routine when heating, and that of the Spanish stands out. «Normally we start in the gym, where you activate and usually match your rival a few meters away. For me, the game is starting there. The aura you transmit greatly influences. There we are no longer talking, each one to yours. I sometimes look at him and I want to compete more, ”he said. About his documentary he also thought. «I opened on the channel. It is me as a person and I tell a little what I feel and what I have in my head. As I am when I am at home with my parents or with my friends, that is when you can really know me as a person. It is also my story, how I started. As a child, my dream was to be number one, the world champion. I think it’s a beautiful story, ”he described.
«Tennis has evolved a lot and every time they take care of those who are behind in the ranking, but it is true that, to make a living with this sport, you have to be in the top 150. From there, it is more difficult because there are many expenses between trips, coach and teams, ”he lamented. What the cameras follow you at all hours is not comfortable. «I have taken it well because I was already used to having cameras around me. But not at home. At first, that was an adaptation process. But then it was more natural. It was more for my friends and my family, who did not know how they were going to feel. And, in the end, they did it to better than me, ”he said smiling.
Last summer he made the feat of winning Roland Garros and La Plata at the Olympic Games, which is said soon. Wimbledon also took him, although in the semifinal they gave him legs in his legs. «It’s a moment fucked. It had already happened to me in several matches and it goes wrong. Above all, it is because of the nerves. Obviously, it is a cluster of things: the demand of the party, heat influences, hydration … but, above all, nerves, ”Alcaraz explained. The pain must also be managed. «You accept that you are screwed and still forward. Don’t complain, it’s what there is, ”he said. However, he won. «With Ronald Garros I came from a very bad period, of having many doubts and I remember the first training, in which I did not know if I was going to be able to hit the right, and little by little I found me better. He joined the dream as a child with those doubts. Ending it was a wonder and there I only thought about hitting me a spree as God commands, ”he said proud. Hence, when triumphing, the phrase “today is dinner in glass.”
In the face of the celebrations, Alcaraz is faithful to the gin with lemon. “But it depends on the day, if I see that that night touches, what they bring me,” he warned with laughter. And took the opportunity to reveal the occasional secret. «A long time ago, I was playing the Junior in Wimbledon and they caught my attention because I played with some policy of another color and they transparent. They told me to put them whites. And I haven’t put them back to another color, ”he said.
