Roland Garros: next stop and revalidation for Alcaraz

It’s not just what, it’s largely how. What is he saying? Carlos Alcaraz He is number 6 in the world at just 19 years old and 2nd in the 2022 ranking, with only 70 points behind. Rafael Nadal because he leads in victories (28) and titles (4), along with two Masters 1,000Miami and Madrid.

How he discovered that Murcian, the deadly gunpowder of his punches, had achieved all that by commanding the track even if his rival was number 1, 3 or 4, that is, Novak Djokovic, alexander zverev either Rafael Nadal, the three monsters that Alcaraz tamed for three consecutive days to reign in Madrid. In three-set battles, Carlos has already shown tremendous strength and an arsenal of resources that only introduce new victories.

now missing Parisyour next stop. river, Miami, Barcelona Y Madrid They witnessed Carlos’s thunderous explosion on the tennis planet and, having passed the first part of the season with honors, Murcian approached the crucial test with full force: Roland Garros and the torture of winning seven games to the best of five sets to be crowned champion Grand Slam.

“The way he handled the pressure was incredible,” highlights Djokovic, who has already suffered in the semifinals from the Spanish determination in moments of maximum tension against a good Serbian version. “It’s great to have a kid in tennis who challenges the best players and at the same time is humble. He generates great energy on the courts, so he’s very expensive,” he said. ‘nole’.

“Alcaraz is special, he broke a lot of records when he was young and he won two Masters 1,000 this year. Right now he’s the best player in the world. He’s one of the favorites for Roland Garros, he got it at the time this. “, he added. number 1

“Right now I’m trying to assimilate everything I live,” Alcaraz intervenes. “This year people will think I’m one of the favorites to win Roland Garros. I don’t have this tension, I have motivation. I really want to go to Paris, to fight for the title and show my high level in a Grand Slam “, said the man from Murcia.

“I’m happy for him, everyone knows the level of tennis he can do,” Nadal observes. “Winning at home is always special and it’s definitely a special week for him. I’m so happy that my country has found another amazing player they can count on for years to come. I think I think Carlos is a good person and naturally receives all this attention now, ”Rafa said.

“Alcaraz is a source of inspiration for me, I would like to be like him,” he launches Stefanos Tsitsipas. “He is very good and he can still grow. The results show that he is now one of the strongest players in the world. His tennis is impressive, full of energy with every shot. He is very fast and has impressive performances. until reflexes., even in game reading situations. He is hungry and I am sure he will also know how to manage the responsibilities he has from now on “, said Greek.

Looking at Paris, Alcaraz decided to unsubscribe from Rome Masters 1,000 which arrived later at Roland Garros (May 22-June 6). His 28-3 balance in 2022 is impressive, as are other great first-time champions who stood in Paris at their age with more victories, such as Nadal (41-6 in 2005), Bjorn Borg (38-10 in 1975) or Lleyton Hewitt (33-7 in 2000), the youngest No. 1 in history, 20 years and nine months, a record that Alcaraz will reach if he maintains this progress.

Instead, Djokovic (11-8 in 2006) and Roger Federer (14-13 in 2000), to name two other members of ‘Big Three’they were very far from Alcaraz in the first statistics of the season where they were 19 years old.

Nadal was then a huge one to come to Paris with 41 wins and five titles. The Balearic did play in Rome and also won, as he did a few weeks later to inaugurate his idyll with Roland Garros, whose record of 13 titles is one of the greatest heroes in the history of the sport. Alcaraz is making his first steps. The future will tell where it will come from. The present, yes, indicates that very far.