Alcaraz – Zverev, live | The Roland Garros final, live

– Name?

—Carlos Alcaraz.

– Age?

– 12 years.

—What would be your dream as a professional?

— Win Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

—And who is your favorite player or your idol?

– Roger Federer.

Little Alcaraz, sitting on a wooden bench, 2015, responded with a reedy and shy voice to the questionnaire that is today attested to in a popular video. The Murcian, then a promising boy who was completing the transition from the junior to the junior circuit, enjoyed an unforgettable experience in Paris, where he traveled accompanied by his first coach, Carlos Santos. He now remembers the coach on the other end of the phone, in conversation with Morning Express. Pronounced Murcian accent. “Yes, I started with Carlos when he was four or five years old, when he could barely lift two hand-widths off the ground. He was thin, like a toothpick. And very good, by the way. Like now,” he says.