By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Saturday, March 23, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz is greater than a Wimbledon winner.
He is a transformative champion, says Andy Murray.
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Watching world No. 2 Alcaraz categorical creativity on courtroom turns Miami into Smile-ami placing the typically ornery Murray in a contented place.
Indian Wells champion Alcaraz launched his quest for the Sunshine Double sweeping compatriot Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2, 6-1 on the Miami Open tonight to attain his seventh straight win.
Watching Alcaraz play tennis makes me smile 😊❤️
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) March 24, 2024
The 2-time gold-medal champion Murray was watching and posted on social media “Watching Alcaraz play tennis makes me smile 😊❤️”
Knowledgeable of Murray’s tweet, Alcaraz such reward from a champion “is loopy for me, actually.”
“I feel for me it is even higher if a legend like Andy say one thing like this, that he get pleasure from quite a bit watching my matches,” Alcaraz informed the media in Miami. “It is loopy for me, actually.
“I feel he has seen plenty of tennis throughout his profession, plenty of matches, plenty of gamers.
“See these phrases from him for me is nice. It is one thing I attempt to do it in each match.”
A crowd-pleasing participant wherever he competes, Alcaraz has an enormous Miami following as followers keep in mind the younger Spaniard stopping Casper Ruud within the 2022 Miami closing.
That title match was a prelude to the pair squaring off within the 2022 US Open closing. Alcaraz prevailed in Queens, clinching the world No. 1 rating, turning into the youngest US Open males’s champion since a 19-year-old Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi within the 1990 closing and youngest main champion at any Grand Slam occasion since a 19-year-old Rafael Nadal on the 2005 Roland Garros.
Alcaraz enjoys participating with followers and his standing as one in every of tennis’ high entertainers.
“Nicely, it is nice,” Alcaraz mentioned. “As I say many occasions, I play for myself, I play for my workforce. But in addition I get pleasure from if the individuals get pleasure from watching my matches, my video games. For me, it is fairly cool.”
Photograph credit score: Matthew Calvis
