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"What he brings to the court": Carlos Alcaraz could become second most important player ever behind Federer says Mats Wilander
ATPSunday, 07 April 2024 at 05:30
Former world number one Mats Wilander believes that Spain’s
Carlos Alcaraz could become the ‘second most important player’ in the history
of men’s tennis after Switzerland’s Roger Federer.
Federer remains one of the greatest players in the history of
men’s tennis, having won as many as 20 Grand Slam titles in his illustrious
career.
On the other hand, Alcaraz is being regarded as one of the
most highly-rated players currently playing in the men’s singles category alongside Italy’s Jannik Sinner.
Wilander was recently quoted in a report where he called Federer
the ‘Greatest Player of All Time’ and believes that Alcaraz can follow his footsteps
to greatness in the time to come.
“No, I don’t believe that he [Alcaraz] can do that (be world
No 1 for 400 weeks),” he said. “And when I see Carlos Alcaraz play tennis, it
reminds me so much of the great Roger Federer.
“Again, I normally call him (Federer) the greatest player of
all time, and that has nothing to do with the statistics or the results. It has
to do with what he meant for the sport, the expectations that people had.
“Carlos Alcaraz is going through the same thing. People are
expecting more than a player winning matches. The opponents of Carlos Alcaraz,
they love it. They love playing against him, just like Grigor Dimitrov, because
it’s fun.
“He hits drop shots, he comes to the net. The fact that
Roger Federer was able to stay on top for so long without having that mental
intimidation towards his opponents, to me, is one of the reasons why I think
he’s the most important tennis player to ever play our sport.
“I think Carlos Alcaraz could become the second most
important tennis player to ever play our sport because of what he brings to the
court.
“But that doesn’t mean that the consistency in the rankings
is going to be in the same way as a Novak Djokovic or even like a Jannik
Sinner. It’s not the way he plays tennis.”
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