{"id":859,"date":"2024-10-22T02:34:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T02:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2024-10-22T02:34:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T02:34:11","slug":"rafael-nadal-congratulates-academy-star-martin-landaluce-on-maiden-atp-challenger-title-carlos-alcaraz-joins-in-celebrating-18-year-old-compatriot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal congratulates academy star Martin Landaluce on maiden ATP Challenger title; Carlos Alcaraz joins in celebrating 18-year-old compatriot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz have congratulated Martin Landaluce on his first ATP Challenger Tour title. 18-year-old Landaluce, with his ATP Challenger 125 Olbia title, is the youngest Spaniard to win a Challenger title since Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

Landaluce defeated three seeded players on his way to the title. He defeated third-seeded Frenchman Harold Mayot in the first round, seventh seed Matteo Gigante in the semifinals, and second seed Mattia Bellucci in the final in Olbia, Portugal.<\/p>\n

The young Spaniard has trained at Nadal’s academy in Mallorca. The Spanish tennis icon celebrated the youngster’s biggest title by posting about it on his Instagram story and congratulating him. Alcaraz also posted about Landaluce’s achievement on his Instagram story to congratulate him.<\/p>\n

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Rafael Nadal’s (L) and Carlos Alcaraz’s Instagram story congratulating Martin Landaluce (@rafaelnadal & @carlitosalcarazz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Landaluce won the 2022\u00a0US Open\u00a0boys’ singles title while Alcaraz won the men’s singles title that year, their first Grand Slam titles. During an interview with ATP Tour in September, the youngster opened up about his conversation as a 16-year-old with a 19-year-old Alcaraz:<\/p>\n

“I was asking him, \u2018How do you manage to be with one million (followers), or all of your country above you, watching you, saying, ‘You have to be this, or you have to be this number?” It\u2019s very difficult. He was very nice because he managed that very naturally. That\u2019s special and I try to be like him in that, because it\u2019s very important.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Landaluce recalled Alcaraz’s advice:<\/p>\n

“\u2018Try to be part of Instagram, social media, only with your family and that will get rid of [a lot of] expectation.\u2019”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Martin Landaluce has practiced with both Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz<\/h2>\n
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King Felipe VI of Spain (R) receives the Spanish tennis player winners at the US Open 2022: (L-R) Martin De La Puente Riobo, Martin Landaluce Lacambra, and Carlos Alcaraz (Image: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In an interview with the ATP over a year ago, then-17 Martin Landaluce was asked about his relationship with compatriots\u00a0Rafael Nadal\u00a0and\u00a0Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

“I’ve practiced with both many times. They’re such good persons, on and off the court and I really take a lot of things from them,” Landaluce said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n