There’s a moment, just before a champion becomes a legend, when the world pauses to watch the smallest details. And in Turin, as Carlos Alcaraz walks through the corridors of the Inalpi Arena—racket bag heavy on his shoulder, destiny even heavier—the cameras catch him smiling. Not the smile of a man chasing a staggering $5,071,000 (prize money for an undefeated champion at the ATP Finals) jackpot, but the smile of a boy who remembers where he came from.

Born in El Palmar, Murcia, to parents Carlos Alcaraz Gonzalez and Virginia Garfia Escandon, Carlitos has one elder brother, Alvaro, and two younger brothers, Sergio and Jaime. There have been plenty of instances where he has proved that he always keeps his family first . Yet again in Turin, when he was asked i

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