French Open: Carlos Alcaraz defeats Wawrinka and Murray to win his third Grand Slam at the age of 21.

An administrator of a hunting club in the Spanish area of Murcia made the decision to build a tennis court at El Palmar, a hill community, at some point in the late 20th century. Although hard courts are less expensive, Spanish people adore red wine.

When his grandson, the third generation of tennis-mad men, started to show promise as a junior competitor skimping and sliding on clay, coaches and spectators saw it as a sign of providence – that this was going to be the next big clay-courter to come out of a country that has famously produced so many talented athletes. His son would go on to have a short career before becoming a coach on the same courts.