The world of tennis surrenders to Carlos Alcaraz: "Congratulations on your first great season, I'm sure there will be many more"

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said

it: "Being number 1 is iconic; there are not many of us around."

Carlos Alcaraz rose to the podium of the greatest this Sunday and became the youngest number one, with only 19 years and four months.

A feat that has put all of world tennis on its feet.

Rafa Nadal's congratulations were not long in coming: "Congratulations,

, for your first

and for number 1, which is the culmination of your first great season, which I am sure will be many more!", tweeted the Mallorcan, which also had words for

: "Great effort. So proud of you! Bad luck today, but amazing tournament and season! Keep going!".

The Norwegian tennis player himself congratulated his rival, after losing the final of

, and acknowledged that "sometimes it is difficult to believe" that

"is 19 years old" and that players of his talent are only rarely born into the sport.

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The arguments of a champion.

This is the game of Carlos Alcaraz, the great sensation of tennis

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This is the game of Carlos Alcaraz, the great sensation of tennis

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"It is impressive what he has achieved as a 19-year-old player. Sometimes it is hard to believe that he is only 19. He is one of those talents that are rarely born in sport,"

said at the post-final press conference.

"He has shown an incredible fighting spirit and desire to succeed. He faced a match point a couple of games ago and managed to turn it around and win the match. But he has not been lucky, he deserved to win this tournament," he added.

Ruud, trained in Rafa Nadal's academy, considers that at this moment "Alcaraz is the best player in the world and deserves the first position in the ranking".

"We both deserve to be number one and two in the world. I am very proud to be number two. In a way it is positive, because that way I can continue pursuing that goal. There is only one position left to achieve, although it will be hard", he assured .

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, also fell for

's game .

"Congratulations, Carlitos!" he would pitch early Monday morning.

"You are already the youngest number 1 in the history of tennis and you have just won your first

. Your game has been impressive in these two weeks."

Garbiñe Muguruza

has also not missed the opportunity to congratulate

, whom she has cheered with a "bravo!".

"Enjoy it", she has wished the winner of two

.

Ferrero: "It is at 60% of its potential"

Juan Carlos Ferrero

, coach of

, assures for his part that his pupil "is at 60% of his potential" and that he still has a lot of room for improvement, after being crowned champion of

at the age of 19.

In the press conference after the final, Ferrero acknowledged: "I think he is at 60% of his game, he can improve a lot of things, we know he has to keep going. Now that he is number one he has to keep winning, we know that and I will remember it", collects Efe.

"He must improve the rest, the serve must improve, the backhand in certain situations, consistency, trying not to leave mentally. These are details that until one does not retire all the players have to improve", he added, explaining in what has to improve.

The former player and now coach of

has expressed his pride in the work done and considered that his pupil was born to play these tournaments.

"Carlos was born to play these tournaments, to play these matches. From the first moment I saw things in him that were different from other boys his age and I still see them now", he stated.

It is also clear to him that, seeing him train every day, a victory in a major was a matter of time: "I was sure that if it wasn't this year, it would be the second. Now we want to continue".

Ferrero has also told an anecdote about the first time he saw

.

"When he came to the academy he was a noodle, he had speed, but he didn't have muscles, but we did see something very special," he said.

"I saw him for the first time when I was twelve or thirteen years old. He came to the academy and we trained one day, he was very small but you could see that everyone was talking about him. He had everything he has now, but in a small way," he added.

The coach also considers that

and the Italian

are capable of "dominating the 'tour' for the next ten years."

Asked if he sees the Murcian capable of achieving what the Spaniard

the Swiss

or the Serbian

have achieved , Ferrero emphasizes that it will be difficult.

"It will be difficult for them to achieve what they have done in tennis. We are talking about 22 greats, it is a long way, but who knows. He has all the potential to be one of the best. What he has to do is try," he said.

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