Roger Federer He stopped by the Shanghai Masters 1000 ATP tournament to receive a tribute to the event, which has been off the calendar since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and also met several sponsors in Asian countries.
At 42 years old, he has demonstrated his status as a world tennis icon in dribs and drabs but has an impact every time he appears on the ATP Tour’s showcase.
In an official ATP podcast, Federer analyzed several current topics. When he arrived in Shanghai Carlos Alcaraz He made an earlier than expected exit, losing to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the round of 16.
A pitcher of cold water for the Murcian’s ambitions to fight for the number one retained by the Serbian Novak Djokovic, has never done so on the Chinese tour and will join him again in Paris-Bercy and the ATP Finals in Turin. Before, from October 23 to 29, Alcaraz has an appointment at the ATP 500 in Basel, where he will begin the intense European indoor journey.
The defeat of Alcaraz I am not changing my opinion Roger Federer on his arrival in the tennis elite: “Alcaraz is great. Even though he’s young, everything he’s achieved is incredible. And not just on clay or on hard court. He also won Wimbledon against Novak in the final, which not “It’s no joke. He didn’t need to prove anything, but it’s a super asterisk on his resume. Very impressive.”
Since arriving, Alcaraz, at age 20, has two Grand Slam crowns and is ranked world No. 1, comparisons of his qualities to the ‘Big 3’, composed of Alcaraz himself, intensified. Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Federer is blunt about those comparisons. Ask for calm first. “Of course, comrade Rafa, Novak, me and Murray, Today, we all expect the new generation to play their best tennis every week, but this is difficult to achieve. I think Carlos has done all he can do so far. It didn’t happen in Shanghai, but he’s doing great. “He’s had a great game and obviously has an incredible future ahead of him.”
And he does not doubt, placing himself in the group of detractors of comparisons, that Alcaraz It’s a combination of the three ‘big ones’: “Yes, I see a strong forehand a bit like Rafa. More in my approach. You see the drop shot, the slice, he can play back like Rafa . He has defensive skills. reminiscent of Djokovic.”
In the analysis, the sentence: “Maybe there is a combination, but it’s not fair to say it that way because Carlos is Carlos, like Novak is Novak and Rafa is Rafa. I don’t like it when there are many comparisons. I as each to themselves.”
Source: La Verdad
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