Spain is not short of talented tennis players and now the next generation are able to call on their very own superstar coaches.

Sixteen-year-old Carlos Alcaraz started working with former world No. 1 and Roland Garros champion Juan Carlos Ferrero in September 2018. Since then he has seen his ranking rise from No. 119 to a career-high of No. 25.

“He has a very good level,” explained Ferrero, who got the call to start working with Alcaraz because of a mutual contact. “I know he’s 16 years old and he’s very far away still from professional but it was a good opportunity for me to reset a little as a coach after the experience that I had with [Alexander] Zverev.

"It’s a completely different work that I’m doing with Carlos because I have to stay the whole day with him, educate and tell him everything that he needs to improve but he’s a good guy and I’m happy.”

Ferrero, who runs an academy back in Spain, is enjoying life on the Juniors circuit and feels he has a lot to give back to the game.

He added: “I have a lot of junior players in my academy. I have the experience to be with them. I just landed in the junior world but I’m seeing a very good level. A lot of things that Carlos has to improve are different in the world of a junior and the world of a professional.”

It’s no coincidence that since Alcaraz has started working with Ferrero that his game has moved up a gear. The Spaniard finished runner-up in his first tournament under Ferrero’s tutelage at the Grade 2 event Sanxenxo, before reaching the semi-finals of JA Porto Alegre and then claiming his first Grade 1 title at Villena in Spain.

He’s through to the quarter-finals on the grass of Roehampton and will look to make an impression at Junior Wimbledon next week.