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Rune believes Wimbledon champion Alcaraz is in a league of his personal in comparison with different members of tennis’ subsequent era. He mentioned forward of the match: “I know and I heard people talk about it [but] I think it’s too early to say, only one of us has won Grand Slams and that’s Carlos, but yeah I mean we’re young of course, we have time on our side. 

“But still we got to get the results. I know I have to focus on myself and I’m sure Jannik, I’m sure Alcaraz does that and [each has to] follow their own journey. It’s a good debate for tennis.”

Pressed on what makes Alcaraz stand out, he added: “I think the energy he brings to the court is hard to match and he has a big variation to his game, it’s not just one shot, it’s the whole game is able to mix it up a lot when he needs to and make it uncomfortable for the opponent. Not many players do that these days so it is definitely a big advantage.”