It’s only a matter of time before Carlos Alcaraz earns seat at table of legends
After a performance that suffused high artistry with cold‑blooded ruthlessness, Carlos Alcaraz was asked to predict how many grand slam titles he might win. “I don’t know my limit,” he replied. “But at the end of my career I want to sit at the same table as the big guys. That’s my main goal.”
Would anyone dare bet against it now? Not after this three-set demolition of Novak Djokovic, which gave the Spaniard his fourth grand slam title at the age of just 21 years and 70 days. That is more than Andy Murray has won across his entire career. And ahead of Rafael Nadal (three), Djokovic (one) and Roger Federer (none) at the same point in their lives. Already he is breathing in a rarefied air.[/auote]
The Spaniard has long felt like a tennis player moving in the fastest lane of all, and with this victory he also joins the list of now six male players who won the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year in the Open era, along with Rod Laver, Björn Borg, Nadal, Federer and Djokovic. Tennis’s big guys.
Indeed, across two and a half hours of glorious tennis on Centre Court, there were only two small missteps. The first came when Alcaraz blew three match points at 5-4 in the third set, the last one after someone shouted out “Yes!” when he was just about to connect with a winning smash
