Carlos Alcaraz's shoes are auctioned at the US Open and fly to New York

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The signed shoes with which Carlos Alcaraz won the United States Tennis Open last September have been auctioned for

and have flown again to New York, where the anonymous citizen who won the bid resides.

The young Murcian player,

, who has tattooed the words with which his grandfather encourages him, "head, heart and balls", donated the shoes to the Association of People with Down Syndrome (Assido ) to help dedicate the proceeds, some 10,000 euros in total, to different culture and inclusive leisure projects in 2023.

The auction, held

at

, has ended with a few frantic final moments given the interest in acquiring the items that were part of it and

"Once again, our ambassador Carlos Alcaraz demonstrates his

by helping to make many life projects of people with Down syndrome and intellectual disabilities come true and spreading the values ​​of Assido through the whole world", indicated the president of the association, Víctor Martínez.

"I am such a big fan of Carlitos, that is great" (

), said the winner of the sports, who prefers to remain anonymous, according to Assido, founded in Murcia in 1981, the second oldest Down syndrome association in Spain, with more than 400 users and three centers.

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