Spanish tennis is going through one of the sweetest moments with the legacy of Rafa Nadal still present and with which Carlos Alcaraz has yet to write. Far from those already established in the professional world, the Spanish tennis quarry also has in its bedroom players who are going to bring many joys to Spanish sport. One of those pearls of the country’s lower schools is Rafa Jodara young player 18 years who already knows what it is to win a grand trophy: US Open Junior.
The twists and turns that life takes have meant that at the moment in which one Rafa leaves, another arrives to excite even more with another high-level Spaniard in the ATP elite. Furthermore, of course, the young tennis player has the Balearic Islands as his idol, so dreams of being able to imitate the achievements of the best Spanish tennis player in all history. His progression has been such that AS Diary has awarded him as Promise of Sports Award 2024 for his great season.
One of the mirrors where you have to look Jodar is Carlos Alcaraz. The Murcian, based on training and passion, has managed to reach the top of world tennis, and that is what Jódar seeks to achieve in the coming years of his career.
In what 2024 regards, the quality leap It has been more than evident with relevant successes and against major rivals on the circuit of tennis promises. The most notable of all is his triumph on the slopes of Flushing Meadows in New York. There it was proclaimed as US Open Junior Championwith a victory in the final against the number one in the category ranking. Furthermore, in the ITF Junior Finals He was close to giving the surprise and taking the title as fourth in the ranking, but ended up falling defeated in the grand final.
After this year of excitement for him and his team, Jódar will seek to achieve 2025 a leap transition between the category of promises and the queen category of the ATP. In this way, the Spaniard has opened the door and will enter the professional field next season as number 884 in the general ranking. “These have been very nice months for me, I think I’m doing very well“, he declared after receiving the award at the AS gala.
Therefore, the new challenges for young Spaniards lie in grow as a player in the ATP, where to do so it is necessary to debate between two options: continue in Spain or emigrate to the United States to continue his maturation as a tennis player there. Whatever he decides, the important thing for him is to find his peak level, without paying too much importance to the results in his first years of adaptation. “I am really enjoying the process”he describes to show his happiness and desire to take on the world with Nadal and Carlos as his references.
