John McEnroe has paid Carlos Alcaraz the last word praise by declaring the Spaniard to be higher than tennis’ Big Three on the identical age. McEnroe insists that none of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic nor fellow tennis icon Pete Sampras had Alcaraz’s capacity on the age of 20. 

Alcaraz shot to stardom by successful the US Open final yr, his maiden Grand Slam. The teenager has since risen to the highest of the world rankings and triumphed at Indian Wells earlier this yr. 

McEnroe has identified that Nadal, Federer and Djokovic all improved as a result of they'd rivals pushing them to enhance, whereas Alcaraz has already achieved a lot and not using a sturdy rival amongst his era. 

In an unimaginable praise, the American believes Alcaraz is the most effective 20-year-old tennis participant he has ever seen. 

"I believe you need rivalries and we haven’t seen a lot of that recently on the women’s side. On the men’s side, the guys got so much better because they played each other all the time,” McEnroe told Eurosport.

"Nadal and Djokovic have performed one another like 60 occasions, it’s insane, Federer v Nadal. They had been compelled to get higher.

"Alcaraz is the best 20-year-old I’ve ever seen. At this point, I’d put him above Nadal, Federer, Djokovic, Sampras as the best player I’ve seen at 20."

Djokovic is hoping to win a file twenty third Grand Slam on the French Open. The Serb would leap forward of Rafael Nadal by successful at Roland Garros, a match Nadal has received a file 14 occasions. 

However, Djokovic appeared to withdraw stress from his shoulders by declaring Alcaraz the ‘big favourite’ to win in Paris. Both gamers might meet in an exciting semi-final subsequent month, ought to they make it that far. 

“Because he's No 1 in the world, and he's a player that won big titles on clay this season,” Djokovic reasoned for declaring Alcaraz the favorite.

“So right now, he is the biggest favourite regardless of the fact that he has one Grand Slam and I have 22. We look at the last few months and the kind of shape and the form that he's having and that I'm having, I think he's a slightly bigger favourite.”

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