Better version of Federer
Sharing after the 5 -set match with Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon 2023 final, Novak Djokovic said: “I have never played a player like Alcaraz. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have different strengths and weaknesses, but Alcaraz learned the quintessence from the two of them.
What Novak Djokovic said about Alcaraz did not exaggerate. At the age of 36, Nole is still in the peak form, with the evidence of the title of Australian Open and Roland Garros this year. The Serbia player surpassed both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to monopolize the record of the number of Grand Slam titles won in his career, and Alcaraz is almost the only one who can block Nole.
As Djokovic said, Alcaraz has the best qualities of Big 3 peak period. He played comprehensively on different pitches like Federer, played as durable as Nadal, and had a stable result like Djokovic. The young Spanish young player also owns a very uncomfortable 2nd serve, thereby helping him to limit the enemy to win points.
In the match against Nole, Alcaraz had many times caused the man to stand like the sky to see the ball flying into the dead corner. The player born in 2003 also had 3 situations that made Nole slip but could not save the ball successfully. The peak of the inhibition of Alcaraz for Nole came in the last half, when the Serbian player beat the racket after a broken ball.
Everyone knows Djokovic is a hot -tempered player, but it disappointed himself that he was so concave with the limit column on the Wimbledon Stadium, only Alcaraz. The Spanish player closed Nole's 10 -year series of victories at the world's oldest tennis tournament. Djokovic considered Wimbledon as his inviolable fortress, but that was gone.
A different Nextgen
Many 9X players who have been expected to become a counterweight soon interfere between the trio of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. But no one of them can afford it. The rare people interrupting the Big 3 series, taking turns, are the 8X players: Del Potro, Cilic, Murray and Wawrinka. Everything is not better in the middle and after the translation of Covid-19.
Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev were expected to step up a new level after the US Open championship, but they could not do it. Thiem struggled with injury over a year, and Medvedev showed that he still could not face the old generals. Tsitsipas, Kyrgios, Matteo Berrettini … only left frustration and memories of their matches.
Casper Ruud has emerged as one of the interesting phenomena of the recent 2 -year tennis tennis. However, he still lacked something to step on the championship of a Grand Slam, after receiving the defeat 3 times in the US Open and Roland Garros. Stable form is also a missing Ruud, when he is often eliminated early in the remaining tournaments.
Amidst the stars soon bloomed, Carlos Alcaraz emerged as one of the most stable faces. Over the past 1 year, Alcaraz has participated in 3 Grand Slam tournaments. He was absent in Australia Open earlier this year because of injury, but reached the semi -finals of Roland Garros, winning Wimbledon and US Open at the age of 20.
Of the Big 3, the only one who had similar achievements in the age of nineteen twentieth was Rafael Nadal. Both Djokovic and Federer have to turn 21-22 to conquer the first Grand Slam title in his career. But Nadal could not step ascend to the world at the age of 19 like Alcaraz, who was like the most powerful Nextgen.
The new Savior of Tennis
It is undeniable that the number of international tennis viewers increased rapidly in the era of Federer and Nadal. They represent two schools completely different, opposing as water with fire. Each confrontation between the two is a battle, with many Grand Slam finals to extend to the 5th set, thereby pushing excitement to the audience to the height.
Roger Federer converges the best qualities we can find in a tennis player. He played elegantly, taking care of every movement on the pitch, especially the one -handed shots. Compared to Nadal, Federer attracts more audiences to tennis, but the speed train also makes them quickly leave this sport when he quit playing.
The number of tennis viewers on television platforms has decreased in recent years, when Federer has gradually appeared in Grand Slam tournaments. Federer himself tried to keep his name on the ATP rankings as long as possible, before officially saying goodbye to tennis. But in fact, many people did not see tennis as an animal when they did not see the Federer's name.
Nadal and Djokovic themselves are outstanding players. From a certain angle, they are even better than Federer if in terms of the number of Grand Slam titles they have won. But the two could not match the speedboat at the ability to attract the audience. Because, the image of Nadal and Djokovic cannot make others think of tennis as a aristocratic sport like Federer.
In the context of the world tennis gradually desperate on the journey to find a new symbol, Carlos Alcaraz suddenly emerged as the brightest candidate next to Federer. He played like a true noble, thanks to his father who was in charge of the director of the Real Sociedad Tennis Academy.
At the age of teenagers, Alcaraz was personally taught by the former former former Juan Carlos Ferrero. Witnessing Alcaraz play, we understand the definition of a true tennis player in many aspects. The movements of Alcaraz are strong, but as beautiful as the Federer.
Alcaraz asserted himself as a new star, and now he needs to maintain a stable performance to towards the next goals. It could be US Open, where Spanish players need to defend the title of the championship. He also did not exclude the possibility of the Paris Olympic gold medal at the age of 21.
