With 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero in his box, Carlos Alcaraz has stormed into the tournament's fourth round.
Each thunderstruck ball that Alcaraz managed to fire back felt like a mini-miracle in what seemed to be a hopeless attempt to keep the point alive — one overhead, another and another — until Albert Ramos-Vinolas plowed a backhand into the net, handing the youngster the pivotal service break.
“He made the player that I am right now,” Alcaraz said of Ferrero after turning Friday’s widely anticipated third-round match against American Sebastian Korda into a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 romp. “[He gave me] the intensity I have to [have] during the two, three hours to be able to play in the Grand Slams or in these matches against the best players in the world — [to] keep focusing in every tournament, in every practice that I have.
Alcaraz’s next goal is winning a Grand Slam title. He is halfway there, into the fourth round at Roland Garros. But he faces a tough second week,Advertisement “I feel ready to compete against them in every single tournament, in every single surface,” Alcaraz said after beating the pair in Madrid. “[But] in a Grand Slam, it’s completely different … when you have to play the best-of-five sets.”Comparisons with Nadal are easy to draw.
“I know that there will never be another like Rafa in history,” Alcaraz recently said. “I am Carlos.”There are metrics that convey every aspect of its effectiveness. Forehand winners can be tallied. The forehand’s velocity can be computed, its court-placement plotted and its spin computer-simulated. But that cannot fully convey what makes Alcaraz such a handful for opponents.A compact 6-foot-1 and 159 pounds, he is a terrific mover and can change direction on a dime.
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