Nadal: "Alcaraz is not a normal child"

This Friday (4 pm-La1/#Vamos) the faces of Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will be seen again. The teacher against the disciple. The legend against the boy was called to sit on the throne of world tennis in the coming years. The Mutua Madrid Open will see the dream duel, a match with no clear favorite that will have as the prize of a pass to the semifinals of the Madrid Masters 1000.

“I see it naturally. It was a generational change and has happened throughout history and thank God someone like him came”, Announced Nadal, who rejected the description of the rivalry:“ If I were ten years younger, we could talk about the rivalry, but I am 36. I no longer live in this kind of rivalry. My rivals were Djokovic, Federer, Murray during his time ”said Nadal after beating Goffin in the round of 16.

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The winner of 21 Grand Slam titles has spared no praise for his young rival. “He doesn’t have to look at me anymore, he’s a star and he can do amazing things. I’m happy as a Spaniard and as a sports lover that we’re going to have such a special player in the near future. When you are young and very good, the growth process is faster than normal people. He’s not a normal kid, neither Novak, Roger … and I think, me“, he thinks.

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Nadal has successfully spent his long and successful career, at the height of the sport’s most extraordinary legends. Alcaraz entered like thunder with professionals who expressed his quality and also a charisma that spread through the stands. There are many common denominators between Rafa and Carlitos, who has often looked to his idol since he was a child. Although each goes their own way, avoid comparisons.

“Alcaraz is better than me now and has a very good dynamic and I know what’s out there. I will be realistic even if I try. But now she is more beautiful than me. It has the energy of the moment. And in that sense, he starts with an advantage, though I will do everything to win. What matters to me is not who is better on Friday but in three weeks ”, said Roland Garros.

The best of the Spanish will meet in the semifinals against Serbian Novak Djokovic or Pole Hubert Hurkaczwhich opens the day at 2:00 pm