The Center Court on the All England Club used to be Novak Djokovic’s area. For a decade, the Serb has ruled each and every unmarried opponent, since 2013, on the iconic venue, en path to his seven titles at Wimbledon, which integrated 4 in a row. He used to be believed to script the similar in 2023 Championships ultimate previous this month, however Carlos Alcaraz ended his reign. The Spaniard, who had just a 4-2 document around the closing two grass courtroom seasons, emerged because the victor on the finish of a charming five-set fight. Despite a recent new problem at america Open up subsequent, Alcaraz has his eyes set at the largest prize in males’s singles tennis as he fired a caution to Rafael Nadal.
The 22-time Grand Slam winner has been out of motion since January this yr when he had incurred a hip harm all the way through his second-round loss on the Australian Open. He overlooked the clay and grass courtroom season, which integrated the French Open and Wimbledon, and has now withdrawn himself from america Open as neatly. He underwent a surgical procedure on his hip previous in May and is now recuperating via the day with a watch on a go back in 2024, which he hinted as his closing yr in skilled tennis.
With Nadal but to substantiate his go back date, let by myself his agenda for 2024, enthusiasts have already been anticipating a dream go back within the French Open with an exceptional fifteenth identify haul. However, Alcaraz, in an interview with the newspaper L’Equipe at the sidelines of the Hopman Cup in Nice, published that he intends to finish Nadal’s dream go back to Roland Garros.
When requested whether or not he considers the potential of beating the King of Clay at Roland Garros subsequent yr, Alcaraz mentioned: “It could be a good goal. But [the goal] will be the same every year: win a Grand Slam every year.”
Alcaraz additionally intends to group up with Nadal for the 2024 Olympics, which has been at the latter’s want record for his ultimate yr in skilled tennis, as expressed via him all the way through his press convention in May.
“It would be a dream to live the experience of playing doubles with your idol,” insisted Alcaraz in dialog with El Partidazo de Cope, “Let’s see how he’s doing and how he’s going, you know, in this year. Hopefully, he’s going great but for me, it could be a dream to play doubles with him.”