Carlos Alcaraz speaks with CNN after US Open win
Carlos Alcaraz speaks with CNN after US Open win
A day after his career ended with the U.S. Open championship, Carlos Alcaraz was determined to get back into the game and take on another challenge that was his life.
He had been a part of the game for over a decade after being recruited by Andre Agassi at Miami High School in the early ’90s. Agredi was the No. 1 ranked player back then.
“Everything was in place. The timing was perfect,” he told CNN. “From the time I started, just from being in the gym three, four times a week, to the time Andre Agredi called me and said I was in the right place.”
The timing proved to be perfect as Agredi, along with fellow American Arthur Ashe, signed the teen-ager to be the No. 1 tennis player in the world from 1992 to 2001.
“He was always a very good leader,” Alcaraz said. “He knew I was never going to become the next Ivan Lendl. It’s not how you play the sport; it’s how you work as a team.”
It’s a story that has been told before, but it is one that never really ends.
As they played their way into the upper ranks of the sport, Carlos Alcaraz became famous for his booming voice and the way he could get through to the other side of a match to deliver a message. He was a player with a deep, often intense voice that was loud enough to be heard on the other side of the net, but it was his ability to convey his messages through his body language that made him so memorable.
He’s famous for the way that, during his matches, he is nearly always smiling.
“He was a winner. He had a great head on his
