In and amongst the Olympic Games, Carlos Alcaraz was winning his first ATP title at the Croatia Open in Umag defeating Richard Gasquet 6-2, 6-2 in the final.
Alcaraz will climb to a career-high ranking of 55 and joins the next lot of Next Gen players and Gasquet believes that he will be climbing towards the top ten.
“He has everything to make a huge career. He’ll be [ranked in the] top 10 in a year or two, I think,” the Frenchman said in an interview with L’Equipe.
“And he has the potential to win in the Grand Slams, that’s for sure. How much he will [win] is hard to say, but I have no doubt that he will gain a lot [of majors].”