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Alcaraz: Followers Encourage Impossibility

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, January 16, 2024

The rating will not cease Carlos Alcaraz from conjuring shotmaking magic.

Because followers gas the Wimbledon winner’s audacious shotmaking.

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Speaking to Hall of Famer John McEnroe after his 7-6(5), 6-1, 6-2 Australian Open first-round win Richard Gasquet on Tuesday night time, Alcaraz stated his need to provide followers a magic second encourage inconceivable shotmaking.

“I always try to make the people enjoy watching tennis watching my game,” Alcaraz advised McEnroe in his post-match interview. “I’m feeling maybe some shots that maybe anybody expect.

“Sometimes I don’t see the rating and I attempt to make inconceivable pictures only for the group.”

The second-seeded Spaniard raised his report to 12-0 in Grand Slam opener, which ties him with Roy Emerson for second in Open Era historical past behind legendary Rocket Rod Laver, the place the Spaniard launched his AO title quest, who was 15-0 in his first 15 main openers.

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