Carlos Alcarazthe most resounding appearance of world tennis in many years is a born competitor, but that quality does not prevent him from displaying his chivalry on the court.
It is that the tennis player born 18 years ago in Murcia, Spain, shows a lot maturity and correction in highly competitive tennis marked by smashed rackets, shouting at the public and lack of respect for the judges who direct the matches.
In the semifinal of the Miami Masters 1000 (which distributes 8 million dollars in prizes) that faced him with the Pole and defending champion, Hubert Hurkaczthe powerful Spaniard had a gesture that received an ovation not only from the public that filled, as in each of his presentations, the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, but also from his own rival. The Pole was harmed by an erroneous ruling by the umpire Irish Fergus Murphy, who charged him with a non-existent double spike while trying to return a drop from Alcaraz in the net.
Puzzled, Hurkacz insisted on his claim, but was interrupted by Alcaraz, who asked for the point to be repeated. Hurkacz asked for applause for the Murcian’s attitudewho then won the next point anyway.
“I haven’t seen this kind of thing in a long time, bravo Carlos!!!”wrote on Twitter a tennis legend like Martina Navratilova.
Alcaraz, trained by a former number 1 in the world like the Spanish Juan Carlos Ferrero, is pointed out by the international press as the one chosen to make history in the coming years on the ATP circuit. And his story is just beginning.
