"Dumb to look at his resume and then freak out over a loss": Carlos Alcaraz shouldn't be disparaged for an 'ordinary' spell says Andy Roddick

In a similar vein to how Novak Djokovic was immediately seen by some as on his way out of the sport and towards being finished after losing to Jannik Sinner at the Australian Open, Andy Roddick believes that Carlos Alcaraz shouldn't be disparaged for having an ordinary week.

Roddick spoke on his latest episode of Served with Kim Clijsters the guest this week and said that he played 'ordinary' in Argentina as he lost to Nicolas Jarry in the semi-finals but as the phrase goes one swallow doesn't make a summer and in the case of Alcaraz, the American legend says he shouldn't be a cause for concern.

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"Alcaraz played, I thought, two pretty ordinary matches that he won. Weird errors at times, you know, trying different things, going in and out of strategies. It felt like he was searching a little bit and then Jarry kind of just took it to him and he took an uncharacteristic loss," Roddick said.

"I'm reading comments and it's, you know, 'Sinner's never going to lose again', and 'Alcaraz isn't what we thought'. And I just think all of that commentary, Sinner is Sinner, he's awesome. But because he's playing well doesn't mean that Alcaraz is never going to play great again. It's kind of dumb to look at his resume and then freak out over a loss somewhere."

"I remember I was at the US Open two years ago before Alcaraz had won a Major, but there was a lot of hype around him, 'Well, Alcaraz's going to win 10 majors'. I'm like, 'He hasn't won a single major yet. And you're putting him ahead of names like Agassi, Lendl, McEnroe, Connors, Becker, and Edberg'," Roddick also said.

"So, I think the reality with which we approach conversations is… or the lack of reality is insane. Like he [Carlos Alcaraz] is allowed to work, he's allowed to play well sometimes and then play badly six months later," Roddick added.

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