Call me when it is a SLAM (Djoker and Rafa dont care about these masters)

But Alcaraz looks VASTLY more promising than those guys. There isn't a single player that looked as much as "the real deal" as Alcaraz. How can you not see the gigantic difference between Alcaraz and all of the previous next genners... You would say the same if Federer was the upcoming player at the moment.
Those who doubt Alcraz I suspect may follow just the scores and not watch the matches as anyone who has been watching Alcaraz will know there is no actual weakness in his game.
I have never seen Nadal look as lost on any court let alone clay other than on hard v Djokovic and Federer on grass than he did today v Alcaraz. Federer and Djokovic have 40 Majors between them.
 
It's too soon to tell how successful he will or can be but surely he is more promising than the likes of FAA, Tsitsipas, Zverev, Med and all the other youngsters that fail to deliver. It doesn't take a PhD to see he has something more.
 
It's too soon to tell how successful he will or can be but surely he is more promising than the likes of FAA, Tsitsipas, Zverev, Med and all the other youngsters that fail to deliver. It doesn't take a PhD to see he has something more.
FaA I think has great potential as well but mentally he is way behind Alcaraz.
Tsitispas won't ever win a Major . Neither will Zverev. Both have massive holes in their game .
 
Those who doubt Alcraz I suspect may follow just the scores and not watch the matches as anyone who has been watching Alcaraz will know there is no actual weakness in his game.
I have never seen Nadal look as lost on any court let alone clay other than on hard v Djokovic and Federer on grass than he did today v Alcaraz. Federer and Djokovic have 40 Majors between them.
There is a weakness. His serving.
 
FaA I think has great potential as well but mentally he is way behind Alcaraz.
Tsitispas won't ever win a Major . Neither will Zverev. Both have massive holes in their game .
FAA doesn't have the mind of a champion. His finals record is telling.
 
Think they can work on his mind or you think he will always choke at crunch time?
IMO, he gets tensed in championship matches similarly to how students get tight on exam day. Obviously the body mechanics can't flow naturally when you're stiff as a block.
 
IMO, he gets tensed in championship matches similarly to how students get tight on exam day. Obviously the body mechanics can't flow naturally when you're stiff as a block.
If and it's a big if he can make the Madrid final I think the final will tell us much if he is making the mental progress he needs to make. I think he will beat zverev later.
 
If and it's a big if he can make the Madrid final I think the final will tell us much if he is making the mental progress he needs to make. I think he will beat zverev later.
We shall see. He gives me the same feeling Shapo does: no match is a gimme and he can lose to anyone.
 
I admire Alcaraz' level of play, but I have to agree with OP on this. When he wins a Grand Slam, then I'll also join the bandwagon.

It's totally different to play SF and F of Grand Slams in Bo5 after 5 same matches, than win a couple of them in Bo3 on a good run to reach Masters 1000 SF, F or get a title.

It's impressive to get a Masters 1000 title, but it's not even close as impressive to win AO, RG, W or USO.
 
Alcaraz is winning 10+ Slams, if not 20+ Slams. The suggestion that he ain't winning Slams or that he can't defeat Nadovic in Slams is ludicruous at this point.
 
I guess Michael Chang in 1989.

and he was 17.
Lol, Michael Chang stopped progressing after he won his first Slam.

Compare that to Alcaraz. He lost to Nadal 6-1, 6-1 in Madrid 2021, and then he best Nadal with superb game in Madrid 2022. If he improves that much in one year... the future (and present) of tennis belong to him.
 
Too many fans are completely jaded: just (try to) enjoy the present.

Radicanu plays her second major ever, comes through qualies winning the US Open without dropping a set, and handles everything perfectly. I didn't know if she'll even win another tourney or maybe, she'll win 5 more majors. I do know that what she did was quite special.

Alcaraz explodes on the scene this year with all kinds of speed, firepower, poise and confidence. Defeats his idol - on clay, in Madrid - the day after his 19th birthday, and despite suffering a bad fall which helped tilt the match in Rafa's favor.

I can't predict the future, but Rafa fan or not, am enjoying what I'm seeing.
 
Yes, in ATP 250 and 500. But if he reaches a Grand Slam final and wins it in the first try, well, there you go.
If he does that, hats off to him. I have to see it first.

Heck, let's see if he can even win a masters 1000 final in his first try.
 
Its kind of true as Nadal/Djokovic are going for the slam record. But Nadal's best days on clay are long gone regardless. Hes got a better chance on grass and hards now
 
This is just irrational from you OP. If Carlos was some 22 year old dominating the masters then your suspicion would have made sense but he's 18 year old and is on verge of winning his second masters in a span of 1.5 month. If that's not special talent then what is ? When was the last time you saw 18 year old doing that well?

This is just the OP fishing for likes from the Djokodal fan base and it‘s blowing up on him Lol

One again you are looking at potential, not success. Med has 10 times better resume so far. So everything you speak of is potential.
No, this isn’t just potential anymore. This is an 18-19 year old who cannot be defeated easily regardless of whom he plays because he has no real weaknesses other than relative serve which hasn’t hindered him. Do you know how easily players lose in straight sets each week? The majority of players lose every week/every other week in straights. Alcaraz hasn’t since last fall. A streak like this only happens with all time greats in their peaks and primes. This is an 18-19 year old who doesn’t lose easily, has no weaknesses, and plays well in finals.
 
This is just the OP fishing for likes from the Djokodal fan base and it‘s blowing up on him Lol


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Trust me i am not even his fan but i can see his great potential. His fh winner on match point under the pressure was a thing of beauty and reminded me of Fedal when they were young. I am excited after long , win or loss tennis is back.
 
Its kind of true as Nadal/Djokovic are going for the slam record. But Nadal's best days on clay are long gone regardless. Hes got a better chance on grass and hards now
Nadal is only interested at RG.
It's the only clay tournament he really wants to win again for the rest of his career.
This edition and the next one are also his last chances to achieve it.
:D
 
OP once again with perhaps THE counter propaganda gif.

Should be stickied.

And as a Federer and Karatsev fan, and a
former Thiemster, I’ll endorse these messages until Carlos has clocked 4 majors in under 2 years, whenever that begins.
 
Nadal is only interested at RG.
It's the only clay tournament he really wants to win again for the rest of his career.
This edition and the next one are also his last chances to achieve it.
:D



Nadal can't win at RG anymore. Speed as gone, stamina waved bye bye to him 3 years ago
 
This is just the OP fishing for likes from the Djokodal fan base and it‘s blowing up on him Lol


No, this isn’t just potential anymore. This is an 18-19 year old who cannot be defeated easily regardless of whom he plays because he has no real weaknesses other than relative serve which hasn’t hindered him. Do you know how easily players lose in straight sets each week? The majority of players lose every week/every other week in straights. Alcaraz hasn’t since last fall. A streak like this only happens with all time greats in their peaks and primes. This is an 18-19 year old who doesn’t lose easily, has no weaknesses, and plays well in finals.
How about I'm sick and tired of people hyping guys that are young and show success at smaller tourneys. It is about slams now. This isn't 20 years ago.

People saying he will win 25 plus slams and the cygs. It is ridiculous. You should know better at this point.
 
@NeutralFan haha alright, I'm likely going to be wrong, but I'm still sticking with it until I see it in a slam. Mainly because this game looks to translate to HC.

Quote still stands... You know where to find us.

Man o man , you are slowly becoming vive , see even i am not fan of Alcaraz but i am happy that a new big superstar has arrived. You and me can dislike him later on but for now he's much needed.
 
Man o man , you are slowly becoming vive , see even i am not fan of Alcaraz but i am happy that a new big superstar has arrived. You and me can dislike him later on but for now he's much needed.
Agree he is needed. I now can get excited to root against him. Oh I believe he will be awesome and fun for the game. Just as djoker was.
 
Agree he is needed. I now can get excited to root against him. Oh I believe he will be awesome and fun for the game. Just as djoker was.

Trust me i don't even like him a bit since he's a hardcore Madridista but for the sake of game he needs to become a superstar and then I'll cheer against him. Now, it feels too weird to dislike 18 year old Player lol.
 
How about I'm sick and tired of people hyping guys that are young and show success at smaller tourneys. It is about slams now. This isn't 20 years ago.

People saying he will win 25 plus slams and the cygs. It is ridiculous. You should know better at this point.

Yes, he has to do it at slams but has g gotten that chance yet. He is a much different player than he was in Australia and even then he had played Mateo for the most part and could’ve easily won that match.

A) Nobody seriously said he’s going to win 25 slabs. Most likely he’s not going to be a successful as the big three because everything has to go right for that to happen.

B) there is not a single point in the careers of the other so-called hyped players that they have put together a run like Carlos has so far. He has literally played months and months of tennis on all kinds of surfaces and he simply cannot be beaten easily if at all at the age of 18 and 19. This just does not happen to any player even at their respective peaks they’ll have some sort of weaknesses or off days or whatever especially when they’re young. Somehow this guy stands out amongst just about every player who has played at this age and that is why he has gotten the hype including the fact that he is just exciting to watch and hits winners
 
Yes, he has to do it at slams but has g gotten that chance yet. He is a much different player than he was in Australia and even then he had played Mateo for the most part and could’ve easily won that match.

A) Nobody seriously said he’s going to win 25 slabs. Most likely he’s not going to be a successful as the big three because everything has to go right for that to happen.

B) there is not a single point in the careers of the other so-called hyped players that they have put together a run like Carlos has so far. He has literally played months and months of tennis on all kinds of surfaces and he simply cannot be beaten easily if at all at the age of 18 and 19. This just does not happen to any player even at their respective peaks they’ll have some sort of weaknesses or off days or whatever especially when they’re young. Somehow this guy stands out amongst just about every player who has played at this age and that is why he has gotten the hype including the fact that he is just exciting to watch and hits winners
First off some of these people are serious.

Secondly med did dominate more than Carlos. Not quite a young, but still dominated. Had one slam to show for it.
 
RG plays alot different than Madrid. Carlos is no guarantee. He's still going to have to get through a combination of Nadal, Djoker (Who he could have lost to even with Djoker in average at best form), Tstsi, Zverev. THats no guarantee win with that field. Heck he could still lose Madrid
 
why don't you like Tiny Carlos™ ?

the hype or something about his game?
I don't like the hype for a kid that has reached the qf of a slam once. We have done this a million times. I'm tired of it. Plus, it is proving they're a lot of bandwagon fans here out for glory.
 
First off some of these people are serious.

Secondly med did dominate more than Carlos. Not quite a young, but still dominated. Had one slam to show for it.

Med was close but it was all on one surface and he was much older. Carlos during this run is 18 and 19. At 18 and 19, most players are getting beaten in straight sets every other match except for a few rare cases. At the age of 18 and 19 on multiple different surfaces, it takes a Herculean effort to defeat this guy and even in those defeats he has plenty of chances to win. This simply does not happen to 18 and 19 year old players. Ever.

No guarantees of anything but there is a clear sign that this guy is a different and a special breed
 
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