Rising tennis star Carlos Alcaraz is first male Spaniard to win Miami Masters 1000
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 @ 8:56 PM
SPANISH tennis has a new rising star: The first man ever to win the Miami Masters 1000, a complete outsider less than a year ago and now starting to make the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer tremble in their trainers.
Carlos Alcaraz, at just 18 years old, is only the second Spaniard to clinch the Miami title after 1995 Wimbledon winner Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, and his meteoric rise to success has seen him soar from world number 133 in spring 2021 to number 11 now.
Carlos Alcaraz is just 18, but is already teetering on the edge of the world top 10 list (photo: Peter Staples for ATP Tour/Atptour.com)
A pupil of legendary Spanish player Juan Carlos Ferrero, Alcaraz's win on Sunday means he is just one slot away from joining Rafa Nadal in the ATP top 10, where the Mallorca-born ace is currently the only Spaniard.
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