This Thursday, they face each other for the last time Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. It will be in the Six Kings Slamthe penultimate tournament of Rafa’s career. And the popularizer Feliciano Lopez answers whether the Murcian will become the legend many consider to be the best Spanish athlete of all time.
He doesn’t like to compare, but he believes that Carlitos would be the only one capable of aspiring to all the titles won by the “Big 3”. because with At just 21 years old, he has already won four Grand Slam tournaments.
“I don’t like to compare anyone from this generation with Rafa, Federer or Novak, those are big words. Alcaraz’s numbers for his age are absolutely incredible, he has 4 Grand Slams at 21, but we are talking about 22 Grand Slams for Rafa, or 24 for Novak,” Feliciano reflects on ‘DAZN’.
“These three players have set the bar too high and any player that comes after, there will always be an eternal comparison, and I don’t think that’s a good thing,” he says. These are undoubtedly the three best in all history and it will be very difficult to see such a rivalry in tennis again.
One of his secrets is his ability to win for so many years on the tour: “If we count the years Alcaraz has left in his career and the pace with which he has won Grand Slam titles maybe the numbers workbecause if he earns 2 every year, for 10 years, then he will be 24 years old. It’s one thing to play five, six, seven years at the highest level, and another thing to do it for 15 years or more. “Djokovic, Rafa or Federer won Grand Slam tournaments at 35, at 36, it’s scandalous.”
But if there is anyone who could be compared to Nadal in the future, it would be Alcaraz: “It’s hard for me to see anyone win what these three champions won, but if there’s anyone who can do it, it’s Alcaraz.”
