Although Carlos Alcaraz speak logically with a reverential respect towards the ‘Big Three’, there are parties that are inevitably symbolic for the changes in trend. Following his stunning victory over Novak Djokovic in the end of Wimbledonthe Murcian said that he did not believe he had opened a new era in tennis, but the facts indicate the opposite and yes, Alcaraz has inaugurated a new era in tennis as he did Roger Federer just 20 years ago on the same stage, the most mythical, Wimbledon.
In that 2003 Federer who won in the ‘Cathedral’ Her first Grand Slam a tennis player was intuited that would mark an era, as it was, although his case led to something superlative that no one foresaw at the time: from behind came two other ‘monsters’ called Rafael Nadal y Novak Djokovic to form the triumvirate that has dominated tennis in the last two decades, as demonstrated by those 23, 22 and 20 ‘big’ titles that each of them treasures.
Beating Djokovic, the hegemonic rival and now the main guardian of the ‘Big Three’Alcaraz sent a very clear message the other day to the whole world, especially to the rest of the tennis players: ‘I can reach this level and surely you will have to reach it if you also want to win great titles’.
Djokovic, Nadal o Federer they would still have double Grand Slams in his palmares if the other two had not appeared on the scene. Indeed, that is tennis fiction now, but this very recent precedent puts an interesting question on the table in the face of the overflowing emergence of Alcaraz: ‘Will players come out in the next few years capable of taking on Carlos’s challenge and rivaling him on the tennis planet?’
Alcaraz has two Grand Slams at the age of 20. Now there is no point in elucidating how many he will retire with because only time and the path he is able to travel will tell. It must be taken into account that all athletes live their career day by day exposed to their own and others’ successes and mistakes, injuries and other circumstances that can accelerate or slow down the expectations created. That said, one thing is clear: all tennis players know that they have to put their batteries together if they want to avoid the stage of the ‘Big Three’ follow the one of the ‘Big One’.
2023-07-21 05:05:57
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