"I like to say what I think": Garbine Muguruza choses 'confident' Carlos Alcaraz's personality over 'reserved' Rafael Nadal

Former world number one Garbine Muguruza has interestingly picked Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz over legendary tennis star Rafael Nadal in terms of personality. The 38-year-old is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men’s tennis in the singles category, having won as many as 22 Grand Slam titles in his illustrious career.

On the other hand, Alcaraz is already regarded as one of the best players currently playing men’s tennis, along with Italy’s Jannik Sinner and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic. Despite being just 21, the El Palmer-born star has already won as many as four Grand Slam titles in his career.

Muguruza, who is also a world number one and finished her career with two Grand Slam titles, was recently quoted in a report where she was asked to pick one out of the two Spaniards in terms of personality. Surprisingly, the 30-year-old picked Alcaraz over Nadal. The Caracas-born star highlighted that she is picking the youngster because he is more confident and more open compared to Nadal, who, according to her, was a bit more reserved in that aspect.

"There are moments when we think a lot about what we say, especially so that it doesn't backfire," she said. “But I like to say what I think. Rafa is more reserved in that respect. I like Carlos, I see him more confident, younger, speaking more and saying what he thinks. And I believe people also appreciate that and not measuring your words so much. I don't know why I've been labelled as rebellious and misunderstood. Maybe it's because on the boys' side it's been very quiet thanks to Rafa. By showing a little more happiness or anger and not being so emotionless, I've been branded as a rebel, but I haven't felt like that at all. I'm a very emotional person on court, you could see it on my face.”