Carlos Alcaraz has revolutionized world tennis. It has gone from being a promise in a short time to becoming a reality. This Sunday he won the second Grand Slam of his short career. At just 20 years old, he was crowned at Wimbledon imposing his tennis against none other than Novak Djokovic, the most successful male tennis player of all time, in the first major final between the two.
He also did it by coming back from a 6-1 deficit in the first set and sentencing the final in the fifth and final round, in a marathon match that lasted for almost five hours. His feat has not gone unnoticed in the Spanish and international, general and sports press. His face appears on the covers of the main headlines.
The Madrid sports newspapers dedicate the great image to Alcaraz and dedicate headlines of a monarchical aspect, such as “God save the King (Marca) or “El rey Carlitos” (AS). Mundo Deportivo gives him the title of sir (Sir Carlos) and the Diario Sport summarizes his epic with a “Bestial”.
In the general press, El País headlines on the front page: “Alcaraz dethrones Djokovic on the grass of Wimbledon”; the newspaper El Mundo opted for “Wimbledon opens the ‘Alcaraz era'”; the ABC chooses “Alcaraz, future perfect”. “Alcaraz is crowned at Wimbledon” is the choice of La Vanguardia, which in the newspaper the special envoy Sergio Heredia remarks that “This is the era of Alcaraz”.
Digital newspapers around the world echoed the well-known victory of the Murcian, once again number one in the ATP ranking, over the Serb. L’Équipe, the reference sports newspaper, also draws on the parallelism with the British monarchy: “Le roi Carlos” (“King Carlos”).
In Italy, Alcaraz also occupies part of the covers of the main sports newspapers, such as Corriere dello Sport. The crown is still very present: “Re Carlos” (“King Carlos”) in La Gazzetta dello Sport, while Corriere dello Sport bets on a play on words: “AlcaRe” (“AlcaRey”).
In the UK, where Alcaraz won Wimbledon, The Guardian notes that “Djokovic gives up” and that “Alcaraz wins Wimbledon in five suspended sets”, with an image of the tennis player kissing the trophy. “Arise, King Carlos” (a kind of “Emerge, King Carlos”), headlines The Daily Telepragh. “The new king of Center Court” (“The new king of the center court”), publishes The Independent. Finally, The Times: “Alcaraz takes Djokovic’s Wimbledon crown” (“Alcaraz snatches the Wimbledon crown from Djokovic”).
Outside of Europe, a good front page headline is in Brazil. The general newspaper O Globo publishes a vertical image in which Alcaraz and Djokovic appear on the green playing a match: “Troca de guarda na grama sagrada” (“Changing of the guard on the sacred grass”).
