Ramos-Vinolas on his first match against Alcaraz: "I saw it from the first point".

In February 2020, aged just 16 at the time, Carlos Alcaraz achieved his first success on the ATP circuit against a certain Albert Ramos-Vinolas.

Invited by the organizers of the Rio tournament, 'Carlito' pulled off a heroic victory after more than 3 hours 30 minutes of combat (7-6, 4-6, 7-6).

In comments relayed by "Punto de Break", the 36-year-old Spanish veteran was kind enough to look back on the match: "I was in a bad way at the time, it wasn't a good moment for me. In that match, he was still very young, so maybe I could have won.

But that day, on the first point of the match, I realized that the ball was going so fast. The first thing I thought was: 'This can't be happening. This was really something else, another level. I saw it from the very first point.

It's true that he was only 16, but I saw that the ball was going very fast. Yes, it was the speed of the ball that impressed me the most, both on the forehand and the backhand, as well as his speed - he was on every ball."