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Asked which message of congratulations for his Wimbledon victory over Novak Djokovic made him the happiest, Carlos Alcaraz highlighted the famous actor Will Smith.”Every single one has made me very happy. It’s always nice when people have a reason to congratulate you on something.
But maybe I was most surprised when Will Smith congratulated me. I thought, ‘Wow! You really have come a long way. Will Smith has congratulated you, that’s quite something.’ And it’s always extremely special to be congratulated by Rafa, who’s one of my idols.
Fernando Alonso, too; I have so much admiration for him. And there are so many more people; I’ve really been bowled over. If I start going through everyone who has congratulated me, we’ll be here for a while – and I don’t want to leave anyone out!” Alcaraz told Spanish media AS.
Will Smith won the Oscar for King Richard
There’s no wonder Will Smith is into tennis since he won an Oscar for playing Serena and Venus Williams’ dad Richard.”Thank you very much [for the award].
I am here tonight with Venus and Serena Williams and their sister Isha [Price].I really want to say to all of [them]thank you for entrusting me with your story,” Smith said, per Sportskeeda. “You all define the American dream.
You represent the best of what we all hope this world and this country can be,” Smith continued.” I saw the secret, scary hard places you went to on that court, and you smiled and you did your job. Well, Serena Williams did not smile all the time on the court but that was a part of it.
What you were able to do and what your family was able to do inspired everyone in this room, everyone in this country and everyone around the world.”