Carlos Alcaraz: time, channel… How to follow his match against Ramos-Vinolas?

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ALCARAZ. After eliminating Juan Ignacio Londero in the first round, Carlos Alcaraz is back this Wednesday, May 25 at Roland-Garros. The Spaniard will face his compatriot Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the second round. How to follow the meeting between the two Iberians?

The new nugget of world tennis is already back at Porte d’Auteuil. Carlos Alcaraz is playing this Wednesday, May 25 the second round of Roland-Garros in the third rotation on the Simone Mathieu court against his compatriot and clay court specialist, Albert Ramos-Vinolas. The meeting will be broadcast in full on the platform Prime Video. This will be the third time the two players have faced each other where Carlos Alcaraz leads two confrontations to nil. Faller of Thanasi Kokkinakis in the first round, Albert Ramos-Vinolas will try to create the feat against the new nugget of world tennis who aims to win his first Grand Slam at the French Open.

Arrived at Roland-Garros with a new status, Carlos Alcaraz enjoys playing on big courts like the Philippe Chatrier but regrets certain aspects of daily life: “I would say that the best thing is that I can touch my dream. I am very happy to play tennis, to play this type of tournament, in this type of stadium. It is not given to everyone. So , I would say that’s the best thing. The worst thing is that I can’t be normal outside the courts anymore. I can’t go to restaurants, be free, that type of thing.”

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Biography Carlos Alcaraz. Carlos Alcaraz was born on May 5, 2003 in El Palmar, a town located in the municipality of Murcia, Spain. Influenced by his father, once in the Spanish top 40, Carlos Alcaraz began playing tennis at the age of four, where his talent and performance did not go unnoticed. He quickly develops a preference like his idol, Rafael Nadal for clay courts.

The Spaniard turned professional in 2018, then aged 15, and he appeared quite early in his early career as the heir and future of Hispanic tennis. He won his first match on the ATP circuit against Albert Ramos-Vinolas at the Rio de Janeiro tournament in Brazil. This success against his compatriot propelled the notoriety of the native of El Palmar quite high since he was 406th in the world at that precise moment. Since then, Carlos Alcaraz has never stopped progressing, beating precocity records and emerging as the new nugget of world tennis.

What is Carlos Alcaraz’s track record?

Since turning professional in 2018, Carlos Alcaraz has won 3 titles on the ATP Professional Tour. The latest is the Masters 1000 in Miami on Sunday April 3 where the Spaniard brilliantly won the final against the Norwegian Casper Ruud. Before this trophy, the Iberian won the Umag tournament in Croatia on clay in 2021 as well as that of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2022 on clay.

What is Carlos Alcaraz’s ranking?

406th in the world in his first victory on the ATP circuit in 2020, Carlos Alcaraz is currently 6th in the standings ATPhis best rank since the start of his career.

What is Carlos Alcaraz’s salary?

Professional since 2018, Carlos Alcaraz has raised more than 5 million dollars (5,452,072m $) since the beginning of his career in earnings obtained during tournament performances, including more than 3 million in 2022 (3,697,242m $).

Who is Carlos Alcaraz’s idol?

The native of El Palmar has never hidden it, Rafael Nadal is his idol. Before facing the Mallorcan in the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters 1000 on March 19, 2022, Carlos Alcaraz recalled his admiration for his compatriot Spaniard: “It’s fantastic to play against Rafa. He’s been my idol since I was a kid, so it’s never easy to play against him, but I think it’s going to be a fantastic game. I don’t know what I have to do to win this semi‐final. I am already playing at a high level in this tournament. I know it will be a very difficult match, but everyone knows how Rafa plays. When he is in a bad situation, he can come back, raise his level of play and turn the game around.”

Who is Carlos Alcaraz’s coach?

Carlos Alcaraz’s coach is known in the tennis world. Former world number 1 and winner of Roland-Garros in 2003, Juan Carlos Ferrero has been working with the prodigy Alcaraz for more than two years in his Equalite academy. A special relationship was born between the two men. An agreement that goes beyond the framework of tennis, as confirmed by Alcaraz after his coronation in Miami on April 3. “When we are together, we talk about everything. I consider him my coach and also my friend. I can talk to him about everything. It helps me a lot in all aspects of my life.”

The impressive physical transformation of Carlos Alcaraz.

If since the beginning of his career, the talent of Carlos Alcaraz has not gone unnoticed on the tennis courts of the ATP circuit, his physical transformation is also visible. An evolution that the native of El Palmar has worked for a long time: “Being physically strong is something important to feel comfortable and know that I will be able to play long games. This pre-season, I focused on building muscle mass. It was a big change physical, but at the same time a very good change. I’m very happy to have worked on this with my team.”

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