Acosta and tennis star Alcaraz share top athlete award

Both the Moto3™ World Champion and tennis' world number six were named Murcia's top sportsmen at a ceremony on Tuesday evening

Moto3™ World Champion Pedro Acosta added yet another trophy to his ever-growing cabinet on Tuesday evening when he was named Murcia's top sportsman of 2021 alongside tennis star Carlos Alcaraz. Fresh from his disappointment in Le Mans when a first Moto2™ victory slipped through his fingers, there was a smile back on the face of El Tiburón de Mazarrón when being handed the prestigious award with tennis' world number six.

Alcaraz recently saw off both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal on his way to win the Madrid Masters, an event attended by both Marc and Alex Marquez, and Acosta was quick to dismiss comparisons between the 19-year-old and himself following their rapid rises to stardom in 2021: "He's already in the MotoGP of tennis, so there's little to compare."

Acosta wasn't the only Grand Prix star picking up an award on Tuesday evening, with Moto2™ sensation Fermin Aldeguer also receiving praise for his recent performances. 2021's European Moto2™ Champion and now the youngest rider to ever take pole position in the intermediate class, Aldeguer's stellar twelve months were rightly recognised as well.

Both Acosta and Aldeguer will get their chance to bounce back from French disappointment in Mugello next weekend, whilst Alcaraz will be hoping to write his own piece of French history when he starts his Roland Garros campaign as one of the favourites this weekend.

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