Tennis
Posted on January 1, 2021 at 8:35 p.m. by BC
Toni Nadal, uncle of the Spanish champion, admitted in his column to El Pais that Carlos Alcaraz (17) had all the qualities required to become Rafael Nadal’s replacement in the future.
And Roger Federer (39) only played six matches in 2020, Novak Djokovic (33) and Rafael Nadal (34) have once again dominated the circuit ATP this season. The Spaniard notably managed to win his 13th Roland-Garros, allowing him to win a 20th Grand Slam title and equal the record of Federer. But the time of retirement is approaching for these tennis monsters, and many questions exist concerning the players capable of taking up the torch. For his part, Toni Nadal has already identified the natural replacement of his nephew as he explained in comments reported by We Love Tennis.
“Carlos Alcaraz has become Rafael’s natural replacement”
« Carlos Alcaraz has become, with the quality of his results and his game, not only the great hope of Spanish tennis, but also the natural replacement of Rafael. The first time I saw him play was precisely in a tournament that was played at my nephew’s academy and, despite his loss that day, I predicted that his future in the tennis world would be very brilliant. Albert Molina, his manager and a great friend of mine, quickly berated me, arguing that my words put too much pressure on the boy. On the contrary, in my opinion, it is not useful to create this bubble to protect it. I think the same for all the other hopes of Spanish tennis. We won’t be able to prevent comparisons with my nephew’s career so you just have to get used to it very quickly», He indicated in his column to The country.
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