Mark Lajal262 in the ATP ranking, will be Carlos Alcaraz’s first rival at Wimbledon headquarters this Monday, July 1.
The 21-year-old tennis player from Estonia will make his debut in the main draw of a major. Lajal, unknown to the general public, He has not yet released his record of victories on the circuit.
Mark comes from a family of athletes, but it has nothing to do with tennis. His father raced motocross and his grandfather raced rallies..
His childhood hobby It was motorcycles until he decided definitively on tennis when he moved to France at the age of 15, specifically to the Patrick Mouratoglou Academy.. His best individual ranking was 191st on November 20, 2023.
The excursion to Vladivostok that changed his life
Lajal picked up his first racket at the age of six, taking advantage of the fact that his father went on a trip from Tallinn to Vladivostok. And her mother was against taking the little one to the races.
“He grew up dreaming that one day he would win the US Open.”I remember saying it to my mother when I was 7 years old. It’s a dream I’ve always had“. This time it is his turn to play on the Wimbledon grass with the champion Alcaraz.
In 2023 he became the first tennis player from his country to win a challenger category tournament before turning 21. He was in Little Rock.
