And “sports earthquake”, “the fashionable boy”, “the new idol of sport in Spain” : like other Spanish and international media, the daily El Periódico de Catalunya has ink only for Carlos Alcaraz at the start of Roland-Garros. The Spaniard is the new darling of the men’s tennis circuit, as he has just celebrated his 19th birthday (May 5).
In one year, the native of El Palmar, in Murcia (south-eastern Spain), went from 120e up to 6e in the ATP rankings. He recently won tournaments in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona, and especially the Masters 1000 in Miami and Madrid, which has skyrocketed his popularity rating, observes The newspaper.
In the Spanish capital, Alcaraz beat Rafael Nadal in quick succession – the absolute master of the clay court, to whom observers since then compare him.