Wimbledon star dubbed Ronaldo and Messi mixed may turn into one true GOAT

“I agree with the analysis, but he left out the most important part, because maybe there isn’t a footballer that does it – the smile that he brings to the Centre Court,” the Swede informed Eurosport.

“When there’s pressure, he’s still out there having a great time and you can see he’s having a great time because he’s smiling. That is so new. Not even the great Roger Federer did that. Rafa [Nadal] certainly not, Novak [Djokovic] once in a while, but not in the same way.

“Obviously I’m very high on Carlos Alcaraz as a tennis player, but as a human he’s bringing a new thing to tennis that we’ve never had before.”

Alcaraz nonetheless has some solution to go earlier than he may even start to say he’s on the trail to being the GOAT of tennis, with Djokovic on 23 Grand Slams, Nadal on 22 and the retired Federer reaching 20. But he has time on his aspect and, with the right mix of finesse and energy like Ronaldo and Messi show, he’ll quickly be catching up.