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After her Wimbledon victory, Marketa Vondrousova and her coach, Jan Hernych, decided to get small matching strawberry tattoos. Carlos Alcaraz, after the triumph in London against Novak Djokovic, could follow in the footsteps of the Czech tennis player.
In an interview with AS.com, the young tennis star said he wouldn't rule out a strawberry tattoo. He told: "I don't know, I have to think about it! But a strawberry may not look bad. A strawberry can't look bad! " Strawberries and cream have been a centuries-old tradition of the Championships, dating back to the early days of the London tournament.
According to a story that has now become a myth, they were served to the crowd present at one of the first tournaments on the London Lawns to cool off from an exceptionally warm British summer.
Alcaraz after Wimbledon "I hope to win like the Big 3"
Carlos Alcaraz may have inherited the legacy of the Big 3.
After the victory at Wimbledon, beating Novak Djokovic in the final, the Spanish tennis player has become the progenitor of a new generation. He is the first to win the English Grand Slam title since the dominance of the Fab Four over the last twenty years.
Will he also be the current dominant world number one like Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have been? He is the one to answer, who in an interview with L'Equipe established his goals on the basis of the enormous successes of his three colleagues.
He explained: "I hope to win as many titles as the Big 3 have won! I don't know. Probably with half of what they have achieved, I could be happy. I hope to be on the same level as them." Carlos Alcaraz in New York will have to defend the title he won last year: the victory against Casper Ruud, which brought him his first Grand Slam and first top of the ranking.
Before Flushing Meadows, however, the programs include two other important appointments: "My focus is the Masters 1000 in Toronto, which is one of the most important in the category. Every time I go to a tournament I do it with the thought of being able to win, with the certainty of being able to win; therefore, this summer I will play that tournament in Toronto and also the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.
Even if, of course, the main objective is always the US Open, even if the ideal is to play match by match." On the secret of his success, the explanation is clear and concise: "I'm the same person as always, it doesn't matter if I win so many titles, if I play well or if I'm number 1 in the world.
I'm still the same guy, who likes to stay home with his family. I want to be a normal guy, share time with my friends and do the same things I've been doing all these years, I don't want anything to change. I think that's what can make me unique."