Carlos Alcaraz is a 10 out of 10 guy reveal compatriots and fellow pros
According to those who know him best Carlos Alcaraz isn’t just a great player but also a stand-up guy.
His humility has been lauded by compatriot Roberto Carballes Baena.
Carballes Baena is amazed that with all his success and abundant talent, Alcaraz remains a down-to-earth person.
“He’s a 10 out of 10 guy, really funny and nice,” says Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena.
“He wishes you luck whenever you play, he asks you how you are, speaks to you normally. It’s incredible that he’s at such a high level and wins such big tournaments, and that he’s so normal. He’s still the same as when I met him many years ago training together in Spain.”
Alcaraz says that he tries to be kind in his interactions with others on the tour.
“I try to be friendly, warm, get on with everyone,” Alcaraz told ATPTour.com.
“It’s more important to be a good person than anything else.
“At the end of my career I’d like people to remember me, more than as a tennis player, as someone with good values.
“At the end of the day, you only spend a few hours a day on court, the rest of your life you’re off it.
“That’s why at those times I also try to use the manners that my parents taught me.”
Roberto Bautista Agut believes that Alcaraz’s coach Juan Carlos Ferrero keeps his grounded.
“He’s a charming and humble kid. His coach is doing a phenomenal job of guiding him in that regard because he’s been through the same thing. I’m so happy that everything is going so well for them,” said Roberto Bautista Agut.
Alcaraz says that he tries to cultivate a pleasant atmosphere as he has to work in the ATP Tour environment most days of the year.
“There are players who get more serious in competition, and off court they are distant. I’m the opposite, I try to get on with everyone,” Alcaraz said. “At the end of the day, they are people I’ll spend the whole year with. Not getting along with those people is no use at all.
Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis also has nothing but praise for Alcaraz as a human being having first encountered him on the ATP Challenger Tour scene.
“As a tennis player, there is no doubt,” said Bagnis.
“But I think he is an even better person. He’s so good and well mannered… In the end, that’s what matters.
“I once asked him for a birthday video for a friend”, Bagnis recalled.
“He could have told me no, ignored me or told me what day to do it on. But he responded by asking me when I had time so we could do it. I thought that was really something.
“He was doing me a favour and ended up considering my availability. It’s amazing that someone so important and so good is still so friendly, well-mannered and correct.”
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