Alcaraz: "I have worked all my life to be in this position"

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You don't have to follow the circuit for long to see the lineup of this Laver Cup 2025 and understand that there is one name above the rest. Of course, we are talking about the world number one, the man who just won the US Open two weeks ago, his sixth Grand Slam at just 22 years old. A generational tennis player who made his debut in this competition last summer and fell in love with it, that's why he didn't want to make plans for this third weekend of September. Carlos Alcaraz, who else, will lead the charge in San Francisco in search of a new trophy for #TeamEurope, to whom he already delivered victory twelve months ago.

However, during the Media Day, the press was interested in asking the Spanish player something more than about his recent victories, as it had been over a year since he last led the individual ranking due to the great push from Jannik Sinner who, for now, still does not dress in blue. “All my life I have been working hard to reach this position. Taking care of my tennis, resting well, absolutely everything: in this sport, what you do on the court is just as important as what you do off it. It's not an easy road, you have to work 100% every day, even on those days when you don't feel like training, that's when you have to go for it. It has been a very long and complex journey, but it has also been beautiful to travel,” reflected the man from Murcia, speaking from a perspective.

A path where precocity was always a determining factor, perhaps because the mirrors he had in front of the TV made him see that there were no impossibilities. “Rafa Nadal was my idol since I was a young child, he was very important to me when it came to approaching tennis. Obviously, Roger Federer is also there, for the way he played and the elegance he always displayed on the court. Of course, he was also a player I admired a lot,” says Carlitos, always so generous when talking about these two legends. “If you ask me now, I never thought I could reach this far at some point, in fact, many players of my age, when I was 13-14 years old, were better than me. Many achieved higher goals than I did, but for me, tennis was everything, it was my life. In my mind, I always tried, I dreamt of being a professional,” adds the one from El Palmar.

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In case there is still anyone wondering why the Laver Cup came to stay, the answer lies with Alcaraz, a simple response about what most captivated him in his debut, one of the many reasons that has made him return to San Francisco. We are talking, of course, about teaming up with those players who are your opponents for eleven months, looking for their own success to take it away from you. However, this week, there is an essential harmony to find connections within a locker room that needs to understand that not everything is about competing against each other.

“It's weird, but it always will be,” Carlitos confirms about the sensation of teaming up with people like Alexander Zverev, Casper Ruud, or Holger Rune. “In the end, we are talking about my direct rivals, a week ago, I was competing against them on the tennis court, and now, suddenly, they are my teammates. But I love it, I loved the energy I felt last season, the atmosphere in this competition. We are all together trying to bring this cup to Europe, getting to know them outside the court is also a great experience for me. With all this, I was clear that I couldn't miss this experience,” concludes the man from Murcia.

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