Andy Murray says watching Carlos Alcaraz makes him smile as Spaniard left shocked by praise: "It's crazy for me honestly"

As Carlos Alcaraz took down Roberto Carballes Baena to reach the third round at the 2024 Miami Open, one of his biggest supporters during the tie was a certain former World No.1 in Andy Murray who tweeted his delight at watching the Spaniard play.

Murray tweeted saying: "Watching Alcaraz play tennis makes me smile." He was thanked by Alcaraz in a tweet after his win as he set up a clash with Gael Monfils in a real generation game type clash. But he was told about the comments in post match press and called them 'crazy' and that it is 'pretty cool' for him that a legend thinks so highly of him.

“Well, it's great. As I say many times, I play for myself, I play for my team. But also I enjoy if the people enjoy watching my matches, my games," said Alcaraz. "For me, it's pretty cool. I think for me it's even better if a legend like Andy says something like this, that he enjoys watching my matches a lot. It's crazy for me, honestly. I think he has seen a lot of tennis during his career, a lot of matches, a lot of players. To see these words from him for me is great. It's something I try to do in every match.”

“It wasn’t easy, because of the result it may seem that way, but I had to adapt to the conditions, which were very hard for me physically,” he continued on the match itself.

“The humidity is something that is difficult to deal with. I am very happy with my performance, with the way I hit the ball, with how I adapted my game to those conditions because the ball goes in a different way than Indian Wells. I had to see how and I did it very well.”