Day 14: Alcaraz recaptures joy to reach the summit

Carlos Alcaraz won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open. He beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7- 6(1), 6 -3 in the final. Alaraz is the first teenage ATP world No.1 and the youngest men's major winner since Rafael Nadal at Roland-Garros 2005.

Charly has been training with Ferrero since he was 14. Ferrer saw Charly play in a Futures match at 14 and wanted to be his coach. Charley has since become a professional tennis player. Carlos is happy about his success. He was training Alcaraz every day.

Alcaraz is a 19-year-old Spaniard. He started the season at world No.32. Alcarz has won two Masters 1000 titles and became a household name in Madrid.

Alcaraz won Miami Open. He lost to Tommy Paul in Montreal and to Cameron Norrie in Cincinnati. Ferrero changed his tactics to give Alcarraz more attacking freedom. It worked a treat. Alaraz is now world No.1. The Spaniard won 207/287 tournament net points (72%). He mixed it up with six per cent of points on his delivery conjuring up a serve and volley. His serve/volley won 35 out of 47 times.

Ferrero believes Alcaraz was born to play tennis and is a great competitor. Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev, 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev and 2022 runner-up Ruud are all in the mix to wrestle away the top prizes from the 'Big Three'. Ferrero reckons Alaraz has to be ready as they are going to fight for the same prize as him.