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World number one Novak Djokovic piled acclaim on Madrid Open champion Carlos Alcaraz, saying that the Spanish young person is a firm #1 for the French Open later this month
Alcaraz announced himself in Madrid when he played with a sore lower leg yet bowed out three top five players, Rafa Nadal, Djokovic and Alexander Zverev – – in transit to his subsequent Masters title, only days after his nineteenth birthday celebration.
Djokovic depicted Alcaraz as a “complete player” and the “talk of the sport” after the Spaniard came out on top for a visit driving fourth championship of the year.
“He definitely is special. Already he’s breaking a lot of records as a teenager, winning two Masters events this year, a couple of 500s. So far he’s the best player in the world, no question, this year,” Djokovic said..
“The way he was dealing with the pressure. I mean, in our match few days ago, how calm he was all the way… was impressive. He deserved to win the trophy. Roland Garros, he’s definitely one of the main favourites, no doubt, even though he has never reached the second week of a Grand Slam. With everything recently that he has achieved, he deserves to be one of the favourites.”
Alcaraz beating comrade Nadal for the first in quite a while vocation in the quarter-final in Madrid felt like the death of the light and the 21-times Grand Slam champion said he was blissful Spain has a splendid future in tennis.
“Everybody knows the amount of confidence he has right now, the level that he can reach. Happy for him, happy because we have an amazing player in our country for a lot of years to come. It’s always special to win at home. Have been probably a very special week for him.”
Alcaraz said he is skirting the Rome Masters to nurture his lower leg injury to guarantee he is completely fit for the French Open which starts on May 22.
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