The Alcaraz Garfia family has taken a liking to coming to the Tennis Academy El Cortijo facilities to improve their rackets. If the one who until last week was the number one in the world, Carlos, went to Telde in 2021 to compete in the Gran Canaria Challenger 2, now one of his little brothers – there are four in total –, Jaime, is also present at the Island to compete in the Rafa Nadal Tour By Santander 2023, which started last Monday and which yesterday served for the Murcian to debut in the championship.
The surname Alcaraz in 2023 raises passions and the youngest of the family, almost without meaning to, also focuses the gaze of the hundreds of attendees who were yesterday on the slopes of the El Cortijo sports academy. Whether it was the media, scouts, parents of other participants and even the minors themselves, they came to Jaime’s court to analyze his possible rival in the next rounds of the tournament.
«Did you see that balloon? “He has things about his brother,” was heard yesterday while Jaime hit one of the first balls of the match he faced Kondraciuk, K, whom he beat 6-3, in a first set that did not start in the best of ways. , and 6-0 in the second set.
In this way, the little boy from Alcaraz confirmed his status as second seed in the under-12 category. Now, in the round of 16 they face Álamo, A for a place in the quarterfinals, where they could face the winner of the clash that brings together García, P. and Walo, M.
In this sense, young Jaime’s coach yesterday attended to the most curious who came to El Cortijo to get to know Carlos’s brother first-hand, who is expected to have a triumphant career like his brother’s after he won the triumph in the previous edition of Rafa Nadal’s tour held in Madrid.
Ramón Abenza, his mentor, defined him yesterday as “a normal boy on and off the track. He is one more, a boy from a very humble family who enjoys tennis”, recognizing at the same time that “he experiences the pressure well and sometimes not so well because it is generated internally by being who he is, but we know the steps that “He has to give because we have experienced it with his brother,” he admitted.
Thus, Abenza also made it clear that Jaime’s twelve years is also a factor to take into account and that he is in training. “We know when to push and when not to, the most important thing is that at this age you have to enjoy tennis and he is doing it,” he remarked about the young Alcaraz.
Furthermore, when the coach of the Carlos Academy in El Palmar in Murcia was questioned about the state of the island’s quarry, he gave good references. «The little ones here are doing very well. There is a very good base and great talent in the Canary Islands and we must continue to support tennis in this land,” he assured.
He even had a gesture of affirmation with the work carried out at the Tennis Academy El Cortijo facilities since he described them as “very good” thanks to “the environment, the climate and the values that are transmitted”, which is why according to Abenza: “everything helps to produce good players.”
As for the tournament dispute beyond Jaime Alcaraz, the local Navy continued at a good pace in the different categories and there is a good representation of Canarian players in the next round of the tournament.
Darío Ortega, José Vega, Álvaro Monzón, Joel Toral, Stefan Shangichev, Adan Houdna, Javier Rodríguez, Ariadne Marcos Aguilera, Marta Crespo de Plano, Geanina Dobjanschi, Irene Vigara, Marina Ruiz and Sophie Méndez continue hitting rackets on the courts of El Cortijo in search of a place in the final rounds and fight for the title of this tour sponsored by Rafa Nadal.
Starting this morning, the rounds of the round of 16 will be resolved to clarify the quarterfinals, which are set for Friday and so on until the grand final set for Sunday.
This edition has the characteristic that it is scored within the Rafa Nadal Tour that will be resolved with the Master that will be played between the dates between November 2 and the 3rd of the same month in the facilities of the tennis player’s academy that has At mallorca.
2023-09-14 00:00:18
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