“We saw the future of tennis, it’s called Alcaraz”: the sensational entry of the Spanish prodigy at Roland-Garros

A year ago, almost an eternity on the scale of this phenomenon, he was sent to play his first round on a short annex. Carlos Alcaraz did not interest many people. The 18-year-old Spaniard at the time had to come out of qualifying to climb into the big leagues. He had passed two anonymous rounds before falling against the German Jan-Lennard Struff in the round of 16 and in three sets. Thank you, goodbye and maybe forever. Who could have guessed a year ago…