Ever since he broke into the scene, and much more so after his maiden Grand Slam name haul on the 2022 US Open, Carlos Alcaraz has been when compared with the Big Three. On Sunday, moments after the Spaniard notched up the largest win of his profession to assert a maiden Wimbledon and 2nd Grand Slam name, Novak Djokovic, who he beat in a captivating five-setter on Center Court, dished out without equal praise for the 20 -year-old Roger Federer’s recommendation whilst snubbing.
Heading into the match a fortnight again, at the again of his first ever grass courtroom name at The Queen’s, Alcaraz’s trainer Juan Carlos Ferrero had haled the teenager as a mixture of Rafael Nadal, Djokovic and the Swiss. When the 20-time Grand Slam champion was once made acutely aware of the remark in a contemporary interview on CNN, he was once stunned earlier than opining that he would now not like to place any such large power on a tender participant.
,[His coach] mentioned that?” asked Federer. “It’s so much to reside as much as. I at all times do not like to place an excessive amount of power on more youthful gamers, particularly like, ‘He’s going to do that.’ But he is the kind of participant who says, ‘Well, I’m coming to Wimbledon, I’m coming to win. I’m coming to Paris, I’m coming to win’.”
Ignoring the advice from Federer, Djokovic was full of praise for Alcaraz, who ended his decade-long dominance on Center Court, as he called the Spaniard a mix of the Big Three.
“I feel other folks had been speaking up to now twelve months or so about his recreation consisting of positive parts from Roger, Rafa, and myself,” said the Serb. “I’d accept as true with that. I feel he is were given principally best possible of all 3 worlds. He’s were given this psychological resilience and actual adulthood for anyone who’s two decades outdated. It’s somewhat spectacular. He’s were given this Spanish bull mentality of competitiveness and preventing spirit and unbelievable protection that we have now observed with Rafa through the years.
“And I think he’s got some nice sliding backhands that have got some similarities with my backhands. Yeah, two-handed backhands, defense, being able to adapt. I think that has been my personal strength for many years. He has it, too . I haven’t played a player like him ever, to be honest. Roger and Rafa obviously have their own strengths and weaknesses. Carlos is a very complete player. Amazing adapting abilities that I think are a key for longevity and for a successful career on all,” he added.
With the win, Alcaraz additionally retained his global no.1 score, extending his run right into a forty ninth week on the most sensible of the ATP charts whilst Djokovic stays at the second one spot.