Carlos Alcaraz’s youthful brother lifted one other trophy over the weekend.
Carlos Alcaraz would not need his youthful brother, Jaime, to really feel an excessive amount of stress (Picture: Getty)
It’s been an excellent yr for the Alcaraz household. First, Carlos Alcaraz began the season on a 16-match profitable streak, finishing the profession Grand Slam on the Australian Open, after which lifting the Qatar Open trophy. Then, Alcaraz’s older brother, Alvaro, received the Nothing Main Podcast’s ‘Hottie Coach Bracket’, beating Marat Safin in a public vote within the ultimate.
And now, 14-year-old Jaime Alcaraz has received the Underneath-15s title on the Murcia Challenger, beating Rodrigo Burgos 6-2 6-1 within the ultimate. The youngest Alcaraz sibling is a promising younger tennis participant and has additionally competed within the prestigious junior event, Les Petits As. He additionally received a Rafa Nadal Tour junior occasion when he was 11 years previous.
He’s but to make it onto the skilled tour – if he needs to go that means – however there has already been loads of hype surrounding Jaime already, on condition that his older brother is a world No. 1 and seven-time Grand Slam champion.
However Alcaraz needs to guarantee that his brother can carve out his personal path, freed from any noise and expectations. The 22-year-old has already urged followers to not examine his youthful brother to himself.
“He performs effectively, I’m not gonna lie. He’s attending to a extremely good stage. However actually, there are lots of people round, quite a lot of movies and accounts from social media which can be saying that he’s going to be just like his brother. And I don’t actually like that you recognize in that means,” Alcaraz defined throughout the Six Kings Slam in 2024.
“I simply need all of the folks or all of the social media to simply go away him alone as a result of he performs effectively, however it’s not one of the best. So, for me, I’m slightly bit apprehensive for the people who find themselves round him throughout the event that they are gonna go to look at him as a result of he’s my brother, after which he’ll in all probability put stress on himself.
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“So, let’s see how he is gonna deal with it. I’ll be there for him for certain. He loves tennis and each time he can, he asks my father to go to the court docket and hit some balls. For me that’s nice, that he loves taking part in tennis and let’s see if he’s gonna get higher and higher and hopefully one yr I will play in opposition to him.”
Alcaraz doubled down on these feedback ultimately yr’s Australian Open, explaining that he wished to take these expectations off of Jaime’s shoulders. “I’m simply attempting to help him, being supportive for him, attempting to [take away] all of the stress that individuals placed on him. I’m simply comfortable to see him rising and turning into, let’s say, a grown man,” he stated.
The world No. 1 will quickly be capable of congratulate his youthful brother on his newest victory in Murcia, as he’s planning to move dwelling after dropping within the third spherical of the Miami Open. Following his shock loss to Sebastian Korda on Sunday, Alcaraz stated: “In all probability I’m going to return dwelling, which I’m simply wanting ahead to, keep chilling with my household, with my buddies.”
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