So, I started following this guy, Sergio Alcaraz Garfia, a while back. It wasn’t like some big plan, you know?
It really just began pretty randomly. I think I saw his name pop up in a draw for some smaller tournament, maybe a Challenger or an ITF event. Can’t quite recall exactly where. The name just stuck out, maybe because it sounded kinda like that other Alcaraz, Carlos. So, out of sheer curiosity, I decided, okay, let’s see how this fella does.
My Process, If You Can Call It That
First off, finding info wasn’t always easy. Not like tracking the big names where everything is blasted everywhere.
- I’d start by checking the usual tennis score apps, filtering down to the lower-tier tours.
- Sometimes results would update quickly, other times it felt like ages.
- Tried looking for streams once or twice, but that was mostly a dead end for those early rounds or smaller events. Forget about fancy highlights.
- Ended up just noting down his results in a simple text file on my computer. Win or lose, opponent, score. Basic stuff.
It became this weird little routine. Check the scores, update the file. Didn’t take long each day, but it was consistent.
What I Noticed
Consistency is tough at that level. You’d see a good win followed by a strange loss. That’s just the reality outside the top 100, I guess. Lots of grinding. You also realize how much depth there is in tennis; so many players fighting hard that you barely ever hear about.
Finding news or any articles? Almost impossible unless he pulled off a big upset or won a smaller title. It felt like following a ghost sometimes, just results and stats, not much personality coming through the data.
Why Bother? The Real Story
Okay, so why did I even get into this little habit? It sounds kinda pointless, right? Well, this was during a time things were pretty shaky for me personally. I’d just switched jobs, moved to a new place where I didn’t know many people. Lots of uncertainty, you know?
My days felt kinda monotonous. Wake up, work remotely, stare at the same four walls, sleep. It was draining. I wasn’t really engaging with much outside of work stress.
So, tracking Sergio Alcaraz Garfia, this random player, became like this tiny anchor. It was something simple, low-stakes, completely unrelated to my own problems. Just a small task each day. Did he win? Did he lose? Okay, note it down. Move on.
It sounds weird, but having this small, predictable thing to follow gave my day a tiny bit of structure that wasn’t tied to work or worries. It was just… there. A quiet little side-project that nobody else knew about. Didn’t matter if he won or lost, really. It was the ritual of checking, the simple act of tracking something, that helped ground me a bit during that rough patch.
Funny how small, odd things can help you get through stuff. Haven’t checked his results as much lately, life got busy again. But yeah, that was my little phase of following Sergio Alcaraz Garfia.
