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Carlos Alcaraz makes his debut this morning in the first round of the Australian Open


The tennis player from El Palmar will face the Dutch Van de Zandschulp, number 152 in the world.

SPORTS WRITING. Murcia

The Murcian Carlos Alcaraz makes his debut at the Australian Open at one o’clock the next morning in Spain.

Alcaraz meets the Dutch Botic Van de Zandschulp in the first knockout round of the first Grand Tournament of the ATP season. The 25-year-old Dutchman is number 152 in the world. The 17-year-old tennis player from Murcia is ranked 146th in the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP).

Carlos Alcaraz has trained today with Andrey Rublev, who also debuts the next morning. Last Saturday Alcaraz trained in Melbourne with Rafa Nadal, the world number 2 and his great idol.

The best Spanish tennis player of all time and one of the best in the history of the sport of racket lived a moment similar to the one that awaits the player from El Palmar at a similar age, since he made his debut in a Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 2003 Just turned 17, curiously a month and a half after Alcaraz was born.

In 2020 Carlos Alcaraz was rallying with the Swiss Roger Federer, another of the tennis greats, at Wimbledon.

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