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Carlos Alcaraz, teenage trailbazer with eye on '30 Slams'

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By Dave JAMES

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I just hope he will stay motivated and injury free. Turn off social media, and his team should do their best to protect him from too much exposure and pressure at 19 years old.

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Hope he doesn't turn woke and start preaching to people how to lead their lives as if he knows what everyone has been going through. Athletic strength , combined with a Greta-mentality is a dangerous combination.

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The tennis team around the prodigy was also expanding and soon included a physical trainer, a physiotherapist and the support of psychologists and doctors.

WTA #1 Iga Swiatek also uses a psychologist

The top players now know they need both sound mind and body to get that extra bit of edge

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7.5 years worth of grand slams…. Sorry but I can’t see that happening, no matter how good he is.

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How do they do that? From time immemorial Spain has been a fertile terrain for the emergence of saints and top class sportspersons. Talented Carlos Alcaraz is in hot pursuit of greatness. Viva España.

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