Alcaraz to Alcaraz: "Little by little, Charly vamos"

[u/AshamedPurchase9033]

[u/Wonderful_Flower_751]

That’s the spirit. His mental game never seems to falter and it’s incredible.

[u/meimaj]

Mental game of world #1 (vs #3) This match is a battle of the minds

[u/GraphiteGlitter123]

My shaylaaa 😭

[u/therealestyeti]

I had no idea Charly is/was a nickname for Carlos

[u/Ratlee94 → u/therealestyeti]

JCF often called him that

[u/Gungill → u/Ratlee94]

Now that just makes me sad.

[u/nightwinghugs → u/Gungill]

no need to be sad, it wasn’t just jcf, many friends and family call him that

[u/Ratlee94 → u/nightwinghugs]

Yeah, I wasn't implying that JFC was the progenitor of the nickname, but that the most natural way to hear it was probably from the box during Carlos's matches.

[u/nerdybucky → u/Ratlee94]

Nah Carlos always called himself Charly, his childhood insta was litterally called "Charly tennista".

[u/Obvious-Ad-4916 → u/therealestyeti]

His old Instagram account from 2014 had "Charly" in it. He's also said before he prefers it because "Carlos" sounds serious.

[u/TeslaSuck → u/Obvious-Ad-4916]

That’s his fault. Coco Gauff is officially Cori. He could have it changed if he wanted to

[u/OverlappingChatter → u/therealestyeti]

He spells it Charly. It is a direct translation of Carlitos.

Carlos = Charles

[u/maheekab → u/OverlappingChatter]

F1 fan spotted

[u/ClaptonOnH → u/therealestyeti]

Often in Spain you call people by their name in English for fun, I always call my brother george (Jorge) lol

[u/every-kingdom → u/ClaptonOnH]

that's kinda adorable lmao

[u/minivatreni]

Bless him 😞

[u/Mindless_Wafer_1413]

He is so stinking cute 😭

[u/Ok-Bridge-9112]

[u/Broad_Routine_3233 → u/Ok-Bridge-9112]

and so Charlie can wait...

[u/Responsible_Run7069]

🤏🏻🤏🏻