Tennis star rallying fellow rivals towards Alcaraz after Wimbledon success
Carlos Alcaraz’s rivals are gunning to cease him from “winning every tournament” after witnessing his victory at Wimbledon. The world No 1 grew to become the primary man in 10 years to defeat Novak Djokovic on Centre Court. And Felix Auger-Aliassime stated it was motivation for himself and his fellow younger gamers to try to usurp the 20-year-old.
Alcaraz continued to indicate why he has lengthy been touted as tennis’ brightest younger star as he lifted his second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. It got here lower than a 12 months after his maiden Major win on the US Open, which additionally allowed him to turn into the youngest world No 1 in ATP historical past.
The Spaniard is one in all simply three male gamers born after 1990 to win a Grand Slam alongside Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev, and is the one man born within the 2000s. But his fellow younger gamers might be making an attempt to dethrone him after watching his crowning second on the All England Club.
Auger-Aliassime has spoken “for the other players” and revealed that they didn’t need Alcaraz to be left cleansing up each trophy. Of Alcaraz’s success at Wimbledon, the world No 12 instructed Journal de Montreal: “It awakens my competitive side.
“I also allow myself to speak for the other players [on the circuit]. We don’t want to let him win every tournament. It motivates me to do the right things.” Some within the tennis world anticipated the Canadian star to turn into what Alcaraz has, as he was the primary male participant born within the 2000s to report an ATP rating.
Auger-Aliassime additionally made waves when he was simply 14 years outdated, turning into the youngest participant in ATP Challenger Tour historical past to win a foremost draw match on the second-tier circuit. But Alcaraz has pulled forward and left the opposite younger stars behind by racking up a number of Grand Slam titles.
The 22-year-old does have a successful report towards the world No 1, successful three of their 4 encounters – together with two final 12 months which got here after Alcaraz received his first Grand Slam trophy. But Auger-Aliassime has struggled to search out type this 12 months and has additionally been sidelined by a knee harm at instances.
Alcaraz recorded his first victory over the Canadian earlier this season in Indian Wells, en path to lifting the title. But Auger-Aliassime might be hoping to struggle again within the second a part of the 12 months after offering a optimistic harm replace forward of an look on house soil on the upcoming Toronto Masters.
“Things are much better,” the four-time title winner stated. “I went to Wimbledon thinking it was going to hold up and I’d be okay. Unfortunately, I felt pain towards the middle of the match. I did what I had to do to heal myself. Right now, my knee is fine. I’m back on the field and I’m ready to fight with the best.”