Alcaraz's Accomplishments Are Not Appreciated in Spain

Jose Morón | 14 Nov 2025 | 14.45

In Spain, what Alcaraz is doing is not being valued. Photo: Getty

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Carlos Alcaraz received the trophy on Friday, November 14th, that classifies him as the best tennis player of 2025. A monumental achievement, highly meritorious, that Spain should value as it deserves. In general, in this country, we are not aware of the difficulty involved in achieving what Carlitos is accomplishing, and he is probably not receiving the recognition he deserves for such a feat.

Firstly, to become a tennis player, one must dedicate practically all their childhood and youth to simply pursue the dream of turning professional. A young child must undergo extensive training to learn the technique required by this sport. Families must make significant financial investments because it is not a particularly inexpensive discipline.

When reaching a certain age, a child must leave home, at only 13, 14, or 15 years old, to take steps forward in their training. A person of that age is not prepared to experience such a thing, almost living an adult life, separating from their family and friends to pursue that dream.

Furthermore, within professionalism, a tennis player must sacrifice many things to reach the elite level, even more so for those aiming to be number 1. And imagine the effort required to stay there for several years. We are talking about conditioning and sacrificing your entire life for that dream in an expensive sport that demands a lot of patience and many years of work, often with no guarantees.

Tennis is incredibly challenging as a sport. It has nothing to do with football or other team sports. Therefore, being number 1 in such a complicated sport is of immense merit.

The lack of recognition for Alcaraz's achievements in Spanish tennis

The path that Carlitos is now treading has only been traveled by one Spaniard in the last 50 years, a legend like Rafa Nadal, who is placed on a pedestal in tennis history. This is the second time the player from Murcia has ended a season as the world number 1. Therefore, he is the second Spanish player to accomplish this. Do you think this feat is being acknowledged?

When entering the main digital sports media outlets in this country, the headline news is about the remodel of the Bernabeu, Fede Valverde’s potential return to the midfield, Ter Stegen's return to training, and Mbappé getting injured with France. Sad. Very sad.

By focusing on these, we overlook the tremendous merit of what Carlos is achieving in Spanish tennis. Due to all the effort this young man has had to put in throughout his life and the tremendous talent he possesses, we should be making headlines and even leading the newscasts to show our compatriots the pride of being number 1 in a sport like tennis.

Even more so when only one person before him has done it in this country. Going through the path that Alcaraz is currently on, a path only paved by Rafa, is so incredibly difficult that Spain is not truly aware of what has been accomplished.

“This means everything to me,” Carlitos commented with the trophy in his hands. And rightfully so. Hopefully, his words resonate as loudly as possible, for Spain to realize how challenging this is and for the name of Carlos Alcaraz to echo with pride, so that something changes within many people and he is given the place and recognition he deserves for all that he is achieving.

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