Since Alcaraz joined the ATP Tour as a 16-year-old, he has been lauded for the number of his play, with the ability to mix reducing low slices with ferocious forehands and deft drop pictures to persistently catch opponents off guard and win factors in breathtaking methods.
However his capability to sew collectively that type of all-around high quality on any floor is what’s already setting him aside from anyone else.
Alcaraz has now gained two Grand Slams on every of the arduous, grass, and clay surfaces – solely Rafael Nadal (when aged 24), Mats Wilander (aged 24), and Novak Djokovic (aged 34), have ever achieved the identical feat within the males’s sport.
The pace at which Alcaraz is racking up the majors is astonishing, too – he has taken solely 19 tournaments to win six slams, second solely to the file of 18 set by Bjorn Borg in 1978.
Solely Borg has gained six slams at a youthful age than Alcaraz, doing so by profitable three on clay at Roland Garros and three on grass at Wimbledon.
At 22 Nadal additionally had six (however gained the final of these when he was just a few months older than Alcaraz), whereas Pete Sampras was on 5, and Wilander 4.
The likes of eight-time Wimbledon winner Roger Federer (three) and 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic (one) had been approach behind the tempo of Alcaraz at his age.
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