Andy Murray

They were childhood friends who were born less than a week apart and grew up on the tennis scene together. Now Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune will be putting their friendship aside - albeit temporarily - as they prepare to fight it out at Wimbledon today in pursuit of glory. The pair are the first men aged under 21 in the Open Era to face each other in a quarter-final at SW19, in  a clash likely to be as dramatic for today's spectators as for the two athletes. Meeting on the tennis circuit when they were in their early teens, the pair played against each other as they grew up on the sporting scene. At the age of 14, they even battled it out as a doubles pair at Les Petit As - a prestigious junior tennis tournament where infamous players including Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray battled it out in their youth. In a resurfaced clip of their youth doubles career the friendship is palpable. As they win shot after shot with a combination of slamming volleys and cunning drop shots, they grin and congratulate each other between every point. Moving in flowing unison, the pair unload a barrage of shots against their overwhelmed opponents....read