Carlos Alcaraz will not ‘dominate like Novak Djokovic’ for 2 causes
Carlos Alcaraz has been instructed that he received’t be capable to replicate Novak Djokovic’s dominance regardless of pulling forward of his friends. The world No 1 is to date the one male participant born after Djokovic himself to win a number of Grand Slam titles. While different younger stars are but to catch up, Laura Robson believes accidents and rivalries will cease Alcaraz from dominating males’s tennis.
Alcaraz has began to hold the torch left by the Big Four, with Roger Federer now retired, Rafael Nadal at present not taking part in resulting from accidents and Andy Murray unable to return to his Grand Slam-winning heights following a 2019 hip surgical procedure. Only Djokovic has continued his dominance this season, leaving the Serb to type a rivalry with the 20-year-old.
With the 23-time Major champion at present serving as Alcaraz’s essential roadblock on the greatest occasions, some consider that the Spaniard will probably be left to dominate alone when Djokovic finally hangs up his racket. But former world No 27 Robson believes that received’t be the case.
“I find it hard to see anyone dominating in the same way, especially Alcaraz seems to be a little bit more injury-prone,” the retired British star stated. “He plays the type of tennis that takes a lot out of your body, so it’s just whether he’s able to schedule everything correctly so that he can still peak for the Slams and the tournaments that he wants to do well in.”
Robson nonetheless thought that Alcaraz could be proper up there, proving that he might nonetheless win matches when he wasn’t taking part in his finest tennis. She continued: “I just really love his attitude and even [at the Canadian Open] he wasn’t playing very well at all in both matches and yeah, it’s still seemed like he was well up for it.
“He wanted to do the best he can and I think that’s more than anything the signs that you’re looking for especially coming off such a big title and so often we see a bit of a dip in a Grand Slam winner in the first couple of tournaments back but as long as the attitude is going the right way, I feel like he’s definitely going to do well then, because he’ll just compete well enough to stay in the match even if he’s not playing his best tennis.”
But she nonetheless wasn’t satisfied that Alcaraz could be doing nicely at tournaments with out some pushback. With Djokovic at present troubling the 12-time title winner, Robson additionally thought that Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune would be capable to cease males’s tennis from changing into the Alcaraz present sooner or later.
“But I don’t know, I think the way things have gone and you know, we’ve seen Alcaraz now pushing Djokovic and vice versa,” she added. “And now that Sinner has put himself back in the conversation, he’s won a Masters and you feel like actually he’d put himself right up there. Holger Rune would as well.”
“So I feel like they’re going to keep pushing each other and hopefully, we get to see some great rivalries over the years. Rather than just one person dominating the conversation the whole time.”
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