Pepe García Ruiz, the Sevillian who has beaten Carlos Alcaraz's younger brother

The future of Seville tennis is guaranteed by the hand of promises such as Pepe García Ruiz , the most outstanding of the national rackets in the under 14 category of the two tournaments held to date in 2025 of the Rafa Nadal Tour by Santander . A prestigious national youth circuit promoted by the Rafael Nadal Foundation and of an annual nature that includes three categories (under 12, under 14 and under 16) and that in the current edition consists of up to six tournaments and the Spanish Championship plus the Final Master, which will be held in Manacor , at the Rafa Nafal Academy.

To seal his passage to the final phase, from October 30 to November 2 with the best eight in contention, Pepe García Ruiz has already come a long way, leading the under-14 male ranking after winning the first tournament, held in Barcelona (victory in three sets over the Balearic Tomás Martín Duffek ), and also the one held from February 15 to 23 at the Río Grande facilities, in Mairena del Aljarafe. A resounding victory was achieved by the tennis player from Alcalá this weekend after beating Jaime Alcaraz Garfia in the final, Carlos's younger brother, current Spanish number one and four-time Grand Slam winner.

Pepe competes in the same category as Jaime and in the final, which was very disputed and attended by a large number of spectators who enjoyed the tennis displayed by these two young talents, the Sevillian left the victory at home by beating the Murcian in three sets by 4-6, 6-2 and 7-6 (8). To conquer this second Rafa Nadal Tour title, the Alcalá native beat Mateo Font in the round of 32 (2-6, 6-3, 6-2); Tim Franco in the round of 16 (double 6-3); Rodrigo Burgos in the quarter-finals (7-5, 6-1); Álvaro Cepeda in the semi-finals (double 6-1); and, finally, Jaime Alcaraz.

Pepe García Ruiz thus seals an impressive start to the season, as in addition to this double of triumphs on the circuit sponsored by Rafa Nadal, we must add his victory in the first test of the national circuit RPT Marca by Wilson , held at the Seville facilities of the Andalusian Tennis Federation, and his call-up to the Spanish under-14 team for the Winter Cup in the Italian city of Altamira at the beginning of February. Important milestones in the still incipient career of the Seville tennis player, a player at the ITT Sport Tennis Academy directed by Rubén Peña and whose developments will have to be closely monitored in the coming years.