Carlos Alcaraz will play in the ATP 500 tournament in Rio in 2024

Certain. 2022 champion and current world number two, Carlos Alcaraz, is the first to be confirmed for the 10th ATP 500 tournament in Rio.

The greatest sensation on the track has already been guaranteed in another South American Championship, which will be held between them February 17 and 25 At the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro.

This will be the fourth edition in which the Spaniard will compete at the Rio Open. In 2020, Alcaraz made his debut when he was ranked 406th He was seen as one of the future promises of tennis, receiving an invitation to participate in the tournament.

There he played his first ATP main draw and also achieved his first ATP Tour victory by defeating compatriot Albert Ramos-Vinolas, then ranked 41st in the world, in two sets to one.

It must be remembered that the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero, champion of the US Open 2022 and Wimbledon 2023, has previously… It was confirmed in Buenos Aires last week. The Spaniard will return after winning the title in February this year.

On his debut in Argentina, Carlitos, at just 19 years old, became the youngest tennis player to win the tournament in all of history at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club. In 2023, there was a luxurious finale in Buenos Aires. Carlos Alcaraz (2nd in the world) and Cameron Norrie (12th), ranked first and second respectively, met, and the Spaniard won 6-3 and 7-5.