'No words' to describe Alcaraz achievements, says Spain's Davis Cup captain

Davis Cup captain Sergi Bruguera has said there are "no words" that can sufficiently describe the scale of Carlos Alcaraz's achievements, as the teenage sensation prepares for this week's group phase. Bruguera's side will face Serbia, South Korea and Canada in Group B in Valencia, with the top two to progress to the quarter-finals in November. Rafael Nadal is skipping the event, but Alcaraz will be the star attraction on home soil after becoming the youngest men's world number one in history with his US Open triumph last weekend.

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Carlos Alcaraz has been talked about for a while as a potential future tennis superstar. The 19-year-old has been living up to most of those expectations for a while now and his maiden Grand Slam title win at the US Open now becomes a watershed moment of course in his young career which has already

The 19-year-old came through three successive five-set matches, saving a match point against Jannik Sinner in the quarter-finals, before downing Casper Ruud in four sets in a dramatic final. "We all knew it was going to happen sooner or later," Bruguera said of Alcaraz's maiden Grand Slam title. "But the way he won three matches in five sets is an incredible effort mentally as well as physically. "Being the youngest number one in the world -- there aren't any words."

Spain will play their first tie against Serbia, without 21-time major champion Novak Djokovic, on Wednesday. "He (Alcaraz) is going to come here on Tuesday and hopefully he can recover in time to play," added Bruguera. Alcaraz only made his Davis Cup debut in a qualifying tie against Romania in March, having been forced to sit out last year's finals after