Novak Djokovic and Boris Becker disagree on Alcaraz after epic Wimbledon remaining
Novak Djokovic appeared to disagree together with his former coach, Boris Becker, on the ‘completeness’ of Carlos Alcaraz following their enthralling battle at Wimbledon. The Spaniard inflicted Djokovic’s first Centre Court defeat in over a decade, with the Serb issuing excessive reward within the aftermath.
World No 1 Alcaraz performed an excellent event at SW19, blowing away Holger Rune and Daniil Medvedev within the later rounds with out dropping a set. Many nonetheless anticipated Djokovic to be a problem too far, owing to the 36-year-old’s exceptional document on the All England Club.
Alcaraz needed to do it the laborious manner, however he got here by in a five-set battle that thrilled the Centre Court crowd for nearly 5 hours. After the match, Djokovic strongly recommended that Alcaraz was much more full as a participant than Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal.
“I haven’t played a player like him ever, to be honest,” he mentioned. “Roger and Rafa obviously have their own strengths and weaknesses. Carlos is a very complete player. Amazing adapting capabilities that I think are a key for longevity and for a successful career on all surfaces.”
Becker obtained in on Sunday’s high-quality motion by answering followers’ questions on Instagram. The German is aware of a factor or two concerning the biggest gamers of all time, having received six Grand Slam titles and coached Djokovic for 3 years.
And Becker’s reply was definitive when requested who he felt was probably the most full males’s participant of all time, as he responded: “Roger Federer.”
The Swiss retired final 12 months, ending his profession with 20 Grand Slam titles – three fewer than Djokovic on the prime of the all-time males’s charts. And there’s already discuss of whether or not Alcaraz can catch the game’s modern-day legends, having picked up his second main by prevailing on the All England Club.
Djokovic’s excessive reward for the 20-year-old continued in his post-match press convention, throughout which he agreed with the participant’s coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, that Alcaraz is a devastating mixture of the perfect qualities possessed by the ‘Big Three’.
“I think people have been talking in the past 12 months or so about his game consisting of certain elements from Roger, Rafa, and myself. I would agree with that,” he mentioned. “I think he’s got basically the best of all three worlds. He’s got this mental resilience and real maturity for someone who is 20 years old. It’s quite impressive.
“He’s obtained this Spanish bull mentality of competitiveness and combating spirit and unbelievable defence that we have seen with Rafa through the years. And I believe he is obtained some good sliding backhands which might be much like mine. Two-handed backhands, defence, with the ability to adapt. I believe that has been my private energy for a few years. He has it, too.”