![Spain's Carlos Alcaraz poses with the winner's trophy after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their men's singles final tennis match on the fourteenth day of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 14, 2024. Defending champion Alcaraz beat seven-time winner Novak Djokovic in a blockbuster final, with Alcaraz winning 6-2, 6-2, 7-6. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/EHOWR4PC7JJIOZRMMQLJRXOVGI.jpg?auth=4cef22a2bf42ffd4330cc066941d188f470a46b36a894657885b8e9b44152045&width=360&height=203&smart=true)
![Spain's Carlos Alcaraz poses with the winner's trophy after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their men's singles final tennis match on the fourteenth day of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 14, 2024. Defending champion Alcaraz beat seven-time winner Novak Djokovic in a blockbuster final, with Alcaraz winning 6-2, 6-2, 7-6. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/EHOWR4PC7JJIOZRMMQLJRXOVGI.jpg?auth=4cef22a2bf42ffd4330cc066941d188f470a46b36a894657885b8e9b44152045&width=360&height=203&smart=true)
No vi nunca jugar a Manolo Santana, pero una vez tuve el privilegio de sentarme a comer a su derecha en El Cabra, en la playa de Pedregalejo en Málaga.
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Era 1965, Santana había ganado dos veces Roland Garros y no le conocía nadie en España, fuera del entonces reducido y exclusivista círculo de aficionados al ...
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Fue un pionero, igual que Blanca Fernández Ochoa. Los dos aportaron días de gloria... Y los dos vivieron sus últimos años en una inmerecida precariedad.
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Cuando el anterior inquilino de esta columna, Alfredo Relaño, inició su andadura como director de AS en 1996, el deporte español había ya comenzado a romper ...
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Muy pocos superan a Rafa: ya no en España, sino en el mundo. Eso sí: sin un Santana en los años 60, quizá no hubiéramos tenido hoy un Nadal.
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