NYTennisfan
Hall of Fame
Lol at comparing Alcaraz's mental game to Nalbandian, Monfils and Kyrgios who had never done anything of note deep in slams. Just a ridiculous comparison in any context.Alcaraz real number 1 this season.
AHAHAHAH
And now don't come out with hypocritical politically correct speeches such as that we shouldn't enjoy other people's misfortunes.
I don't enjoy Alcaraz's misfortunes but rather the delusional theories of some of his fans and others.
Having said that, this 2-0 defeat terribly complicates Alcaraz's plans in this tournament, where he now sees himself forced to beat Rublev and Zverev and it is not even guaranteed that it will be enough to qualify.
However, on Alcaraz I am getting the idea that in the combination of technical and athletic means he is probably the most talented tennis player together with Federer seen in the history of this sport, but on a mental level his tennis orientation is more oriented towards Nalbaldian, Monfils, Kyrgios , etc., that is, that of genius and recklessness.
These debacles of his cannot be explained otherwise.
And here too, don't mention his numerous triumphs in relation to his age, or the statistics of his matches won which ended in the fifth set, these are generated by his immense tennis and athletic talent mentioned above, but mentally he is not and perhaps never will be a player solid.
When he has no control over his opponent he goes haywire, just as tactically he remains an anarchic player still at the ABC.
It is no coincidence that in a sketch with Sinner before the tournament when they were both asked what they would steal from the other, Sinner replied his game at the net, while Alcaraz replied his head.
Alcaraz is in a slump post Olympics, nothing more nothing less.