Andy Murray shares his want for Carlos Alcaraz after witnessing Djokovic triumph
Andy Murray stated he hopes to see Carlos Alcaraz stick along with his “Kamikaze” sport type after watching the world No 1 down Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon. Murray was one of many first gamers to foretell Alcaraz’s success earlier than the Spaniard had even reached the world’s prime 50. And he has defined why he all the time knew the two-time Grand Slam champion could be a pressure within the sport.
Murray was within the stands to observe Alcaraz be topped the Wimbledon champion final month which made the Spaniard the primary man in a decade to beat Djokovic on Centre Court since none aside from Murray himself. And it got here lower than two years after the Brit tipped him to be the subsequent world No 1.
The three-time Grand Slam winner has now opened up on the rationale he confidently predicted Alcaraz to achieve success and shared his want for the 20-year-old to stay to his weapons with regards to his taking part in type. “The thing that I love about watching him is just the freedom that he plays with and part of that is youth I think,” Murray advised the ATP.
With Alcaraz now cementing himself as the person to beat on the tour, Murray would not wish to see the 20-year-old neglect what made him so particular. He continued: “I just hope he doesn’t lose that.
“That’s the one thing I would love to just see him continue to play that sort of style of tennis that he plays with. The drop shots or serve-volleys. Sometimes it looks a little bit Kamikaze, but he just is totally instinctive. And I love that.”
Reflecting on his preliminary prediction about Alcaraz, Murray additionally stated he initially didn’t know the Spaniard “really well” and needed to go to his coach for solutions. “I asked Ferrero, ‘Does he love tennis? Does he work hard?’” he defined, referring to former world No 1 and 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Murray was knowledgeable that Alcaraz was “really good with that stuff. Like he’s brilliant, he’s really into it”. The world No 40 added: “That was sort of enough for me having seen his game and then hearing from his coach and someone who knows what hard work is like that he was going to go on potentially to have a great career.”
A two-time Wimbledon champion, Murray additionally opened up on his expertise of watching Alcaraz finish Djokovic’s reign at SW19. “I thought that the last few sets were really good. It was very hard conditions that day,” he stated.
“I don’t know on the TV how easy it was to see but it was really windy, but it wasn’t like consistent wind. It was blustery and lots of gusts. The first couple of sets, tennis-wise, I didn’t think were amazing. But I thought the last few sets considering how hard it was, there was some brilliant, brilliant stuff in there and I really enjoyed the final.”