{"id":108894,"date":"2026-04-30T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/?p=108894"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:01:13","slug":"alcaraz-follows-his-brother-jaimes-debut-in-the-caja-magica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/alcaraz-follows-his-brother-jaimes-debut-in-the-caja-magica\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz follows his brother Jaime\u2019s debut in the Caja Magica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The name &#8216;Alcaraz&#8217; always draws quite the crowd in Madrid. On Thursday in the Spanish capital, the interest was twofold.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz made the trip to the Caja Magica to follow the debut of his brother Jaime, who at just 14 years of age is playing in the Under-16 Mutua Madrid Open, a tournament that brings together the most promising talent from around Spain. The competition, designed to strengthen the tennis of the future, provides the young hopefuls with a chance to compete on the same stage as the stars of the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The world No. 2 in the PIF ATP Rankings watched closely on Court 7 as Jaime opened with an 6-3, 6-3 win over his compatriot Pol Mas in one of the most watched matches of the day. The Murcia native wished his brother all the best as the match was about to start, before witnessing the entire encounter unfold from the stands alongside some relatives at a tournament that is hugely exciting for the young players.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The Under-16 Mutua Madrid Open has become a big attraction at the Spanish ATP Masters 1000 since it began in 2013, consolidating a circuit that culminates with a final stage in the Caja Magica. Emerging stars of Spanish tennis like Mart\u00edn Landaluce, Daniel M\u00e9rida, and Rafael J\u00f3dar, all of whom have had a share of the limelight this fortnight in the Spanish capital, have previously played in the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Alcaraz was unable to play in this year\u2019s Mutua Madrid Open due to a right-wrist injury that abruptly ended his clay swing, forcing him to withdraw from Rome and the French Open, where he would have been the defending champion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The name &#8216;Alcaraz&#8217; always draws quite the crowd in Madrid. On Thursday in the Spanish capital, the interest was twofold. Carlos Alcaraz made the trip to the Caja Magica to follow the debut of his brother Jaime, who at just 14 years of age is playing in the Under-16 Mutua Madrid Open, a tournament that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":108892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[838,837],"tags":[840],"class_list":["post-108894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias-tenis-masculino-en","category-noticias-tenis-en","tag-carlos-alcaraz-en-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108895,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108894\/revisions\/108895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mutuamadridopen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}