"He's a rare talent you don't see often" - Casper Ruud on Carlos Alcaraz

Casper Ruud believes soaring teenage star Carlos Alcaraz is “one of those new rare talents that you don't see that often” in tennis.

Alcaraz, 18, has enjoyed a very impressive start to the season, going 18-2 including several top-10 wins, and beating Ruud in the final of the Miami Open. The Norwegian to a very good look at Alcaraz during that final seeing how he continues to battle even when things are not going very well for him. Speaking on the new Ruud Talk vodcast he said:

“He's one of those new rare talents that you don't see that often. And obviously, if you look back in history, you see that these kinds of players they reach far and they win big titles. And he has already won one of the bigger titles of the sports."

He continued:

“So I think we're all impressed and I'm also impressed, but many players they have close matches with him and of course he is beatable. It's not like he's inhuman, but he's very impressive and I think of course he will probably only get better as the years go by and he will practice more and I know he's a hard worker."

Ruud also mentioned:

“It's impressive to watch and he's very fearless on court, he goes for big shots at big moments and doesn't hold back. He never really holds back. He goes with a lot of power and a lot of sometimes risky shots, but he makes a lot of them. So it doesn't always seem as risky. But as a player myself, you get surprised sometimes that he goes for certain shots, but he does them very often very well. So it's also impressive.”