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Carlos Alcaraz was 16 when he first stepped on a grass track. It was in Wimbledon where he played in 2019 the third Grand Slam box in Junior category. He won three games before yielding in the rooms with Martin Damm, today the 550 of the ranking.

Carlitos keeps a special memory of his first experience on the tracks of the All England Club because he had the opportunity to ball with Roger Federer himself before his quarterfinal match with the Japanese Kei Nishikori.

Alcaraz, with 20 years, He became the third Spaniard to win in Queen's after Rafael Nadal (2008) and Feliciano López (2017 and 2019). Subsequently, I would double in Wimbledon.

The Spanish made one of the biggest comebacks in history

The world number two opens this Tuesday on the grass tour against its compatriot Alejandro Davidovich. Nine days after defending Roland Garros's crown, he has barely had time to do three workouts in the new habitat.

Carlitos has faith in grass because the statistics are with him: 24 victories and only three losses. Much of the adaptation to the green mats goes through the change of support and that is where the figure of his physical trainer appears, Alberto Lledó.

“On this surface you have to play more crouched, be more aware of the support, arrive well supported and turn your hip and shoulders quickly. This is why we strengthen the hamstrings and abductors. You can go your leg in some slip or change of direction and you have to reinforce those two areas,” Lledo said in his first trip to Queen's in 2023.

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