After taking the tennis community by storm over the last two years. Spain's
Carlos Alcaraz could just be getting started, according to former British No.1
Tim Henman.
Alcaraz has won four Grand Slam titles during his short-stint on the ATP Tour. The 21-year has already achieved the dream of several ATP stars, attaining the ATP World No.1 ranking and winning the
Wimbledon Championships. Former British player Tim Henman believes the best is yet to come from the young Spaniard.
Henman believes Alcaraz has the right tools to dominate the sport
In a recent interview at a Play Your Way to Wimbledon event, the former World No.4 had high praise for Alcaraz. Henman claims the El Palmar native could win several Major titles over the next few years, and could eventually be in the conversation alongside Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic as one of the best players in tennis history.
To have won four Slams on three different surfaces by the age of 21 is just mind-boggling,” said Henman. “With his game, how sound he is physically, technically and mentality, I think he will keep winning. He has such a good team around him and that’s vital at this age.
"It’s going to be so exciting to see how many majors he wins over the next decade and you could say the same thing about (Jannik) Sinner. Other players will start winning majors as well and there is no doubt that what we have seen from Djokovic, Nadal and Federer has raised the bar of expectations.
“When I was playing and Pete Sampras won his 14th major, I would have said there is no chance anyone is going past that total for the foreseeable future. Now we have had three guys who have comfortably moved past his total, so you never know what is coming next."
Alcaraz has won more Grand Slam titles at the age of 21 than Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, so he will believe the chance is there for him to join the all-time greats before he hangs up his racket.