Before the French Open, Carlos Alcaraz had a meeting with a disabled tennis player on the practice courts. Additionally, a video posted on social media shows how much the two men relished their battle. Despite having an arm injury in recent weeks, Alcaraz is one of the favourites to win this year’s French Open. He will take on a qualifier in the opening round of the competition.
Alcaraz has had a quiet few months since his arm problem kept him out of the Italian Open and clay-court competitions in Barcelona and Monte Carlo.
When he finally had a chance to play in the April Madrid Open, he lost to Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals. And Alexander Zverev delivered another last-eight exit during the opening Grand Slam of the year in Australia.
However, Alcaraz seems eager to get started ahead of Roland Garros, which begins on Sunday. Additionally, he struck with French tennis player Arthur Delaye to get warmed up for the tournament.
Delaye posted a video of the rally on X and wrote: “Thank you, Carlos Alcaraz. Amazing practice despite my disability and cerebral palsy with @carlosalcaraz. I dreamt of this moment for a long time and it finally happened so thank you. @babolat. Thank you so much, Carlos, for your generosity, your smile and your kindness. #rolandgarros.”
THANK YOU CARLOS ALCARAZ🎾
Amazing practice despite my disability and cerebral palsy with @carlosalcaraz
I dreamt of this moment for a long time and it finally happened so thx @babolat
Thank you so much Carlos for your generosity, smile and your kindness #rolandgarros 🧡💪🏼🎾 pic.twitter.com/BVEpZHwpgU— Arthur Delaye 🇫🇷🎾 (@ArthurDelaye) May 23, 2024
Team ALCARAZ 💪🏼🧡🎾🇫🇷🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/MdLHq8UdJc
— Arthur Delaye 🇫🇷🎾 (@ArthurDelaye) May 23, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz in 2024
WLWLLWLWWW Ranked world no.3, the Spaniard played his last match on the 1st of May when he was overcome by world no.6 Andrey Rublev 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Madrid (draw).
Until now, during this year Carlos has achieved a composed 18-5 record. This year, the Spaniard won 1 tournament in Indian Wells.
Carlos Alcaraz will compete against the world no.107 Jeff Wolf in the 1st round. In the past, they have never played each other up to now in top tournaments.
The Spaniard clinched 1 title in 2024 in Indian Wells.
The Spaniard won 14 titles in his career: 4 on hard courts, 7 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
