Carlos Alcaraz is keen to play down expectations around his younger brother Jaime amid hopes that he would shine as a professional tennis player, but those words may fall on deaf ears if his progress continues on its current path.<\/p>\n
Now 14, Carlos\u2019<\/a> youngest brother has always shown a keen interest in tennis, as he looks to follow in the footsteps of his wildly successful sibling.<\/p>\n Jaime has been competing on the junior circuit and making his mark with some impressive wins, but the Alcaraz clan are keen to downplay hopes that he will be competing against his brother on the ATP Tour in years to come.<\/p>\n Now footage has emerged of young Jaime practicing at La Manga Club in Spain, which is a familiar spot for Carlos as he also practised at the clay court performance location prior to what was a successful clay court season that concluded with his memorable win against Jannik Sinner in the French Open final.<\/p>\n Carlos has urged the media to give Jamie time to develop his game away from the spotlight<\/a>, but the similarities between the two are hard to ignore on the La Manga Club footage.<\/p>\n Understanding the mysteries of clay courts at La Manga\u2019s Racquets Club<\/a><\/p>\n Will Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu pull out of the US Open? Leading coach predicts mixed doubles withdrawals<\/a><\/p>\n It is clear that Jaime has learned much of his technique from watching his brother, with five-time Grand Slam winner Carlos confirming he is impressed by the progress of his brother.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, he plays well, I\u2019m not gonna lie. He\u2019s getting to a really good level,\u201d said Alcaraz last year when he was asked about Jaime.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are a lot of people around, a lot of videos and accounts from social media that are saying he\u2019s going to be similar to his brother. And I don\u2019t really like that you know in that way.<\/p>\n \u201cI just want all the people or all the social media [users] to just leave him alone because he plays well but it\u2019s not the best [yet].<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, I\u2019m a little bit worried for the people who are around him during the tournament that they\u2019re gonna go to watch him because he\u2019s my brother and then he\u2019ll probably put pressure on himself.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s see how he handles it. I\u2019ll be there for him for sure. He loves tennis and every time he can, he goes to court \u2013 he asks my father to go to the court and hit some balls. For me that\u2019s great, that he loves playing tennis and let\u2019s see if he\u2019s gonna get better and better and hopefully one year I\u2019ll play against him.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A post shared by La Manga Club | The Racquets Club (@lmcracquetsclub)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n READ NEXT: Carlos Alcaraz following in famous footsteps with choice of clay court training base<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Watch: Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s younger brother Jaime highlights his potential as training footage is revealed<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz is keen to play down expectations around his younger brother Jaime amid hopes that he would shine as a professional tennis player, but those words may fall on deaf ears if his progress continues on its current path. Now 14, Carlos\u2019 youngest brother has always shown a keen interest in tennis, as he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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