Tennis: Nadal, Djokovic… The massive comparability with Alcaraz

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Tennis: Nadal, Djokovic… The massive comparability with Alcaraz

Posted on September 15, 2022 at 12:35 a.m. by The editorial employees

Sad finalist on the US Open after a defeat towards Carlos Alcaraz (6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3), Casper Ruud has as soon as once more failed on the final step of a Grand Slam match after Roland Garros. After his remaining, the now world quantity two spoke about his executioner and even in contrast the Spaniard to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

At simply 19 years previous, Carlos Alcaraz managed to win his very first Grand Slam. The Spaniard gained theU.S. Open after a disputed remaining towards Casper Ruud (6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3). Together with his victory Carlos Alcaraz notably grew to become, at 19 years, 4 months and 6 days, the youngest world number one in historical past. Requested in regards to the Spaniard, Casper Ruud didn’t hesitate to check the participant to 2 large names in tennis: Raphael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

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“Carlos has some form of mixture of the 2?” »

In feedback relayed by WeLoveTennis, Casper Ruud thus expressed himself about Carlos Alcaraz and even in contrast the Spaniard to Raphael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. “Rafa, when he was Carlos’ age, he was additionally comparable. He tracked every part. Hardly anybody may hit a profitable shot on him. Novak the identical along with his flexibility. Carlos has some form of mixture of the 2? I feel participant velocity and agility are solely getting higher. It makes us really feel like the opposite gamers have to color the traces to have the ability to hit a winner. Typically even that’s not sufficient. »

“It is true that they aren’t in a interval the place all of them play”

After his coronation New York, Carlos Alcaraz had already confided in Novak Djokoviccontemplating himself fortunate that the Serb is just not there on theU.S. Open : “It is true that Rafa, Djokovic, Federer are usually not in a interval the place all of them play. I do not wish to take credit score however I used to be fortunate, or you’ll be able to name it what you need, that Djokovic could not play. Everybody has their causes, however that is the truth. He could not play a lot for some time, and Rafa saved taking part in however not all 12 months both. »