'I'm ready to win a slam' – Alcaraz targets Roland Garros glory

Beacon Hill said:
How? Serve better than almost perfect? Alcaraz hit 10,000 errors - he's the one that can play much better.
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Djokovic is yet to find his best level in 2022. He is about 80% of his 2021 self. With more match practise he will get better. Not saying he would beat Alcaraz but he will prove toughest opponent for Alcaraz in Slams - that is bottom line.
 
weakera said:
Djokovic is a different animal at slams, and there is a real chance that the Madrid conditions are more favorable for Alcaraz than RG.
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Madrid is a better place to go for broke with winners. RG is a better place to defend.

He's won slow (Rio, Barcelona) and fast (Madrid) clay events this year, so I wouldn't rush ahead and say any particular conditions suit him best.
 
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Alcaraz won't win a slam this year, there is no way. He'll win one maybe next year.

He's on fire and he faced semi Nadal, semi Djokovic and tired Zverev. And Djokovic and even Kecmanovic almost beat him (7:5 tie break in the third set).

He's young, inexperienced in Bo5 and he'll **** his pants if he reaches SF of a Grand Slam. I give much more chances of winning slam this year to Zverev or Tsitsipas, while first favorites being Djokovic and Nadal, with Medvedev in US Open.
 
AO13 said:
Alcaraz won't win a slam this year, there is no way. He'll win one maybe next year.

He's on fire and he faced semi Nadal, semi Djokovic and tired Zverev. And Djokovic and even Kecmanovic almost beat him (7:5 tie break in the third set).

He's young, inexperienced in Bo5 and he'll **** his pants if he reaches SF of a Grand Slam. I give much more chances of winning slam this year to Zverev or Tsitsipas, while first favorites being Djokovic and Nadal, with Medvedev in US Open.
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Zverev :laughing:
 
How well he does in best of 5 matches will tell us if he's ready.
 
middleballs said:
Well he has already made the USO QF, no?
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... and in that match he retired four games into the second set, after losing the first set 6-3.

"Auger-Aliassime took the first set, 6-3, and was leading 3-1 in the second set when Alcaraz approached the umpire and informed him that he was retiring from the match with an injury.
He said after the match he had an injury to a right upper leg muscle that he sustained from playing long matches in each of the previous two rounds. He said he started the match with pain and that it increased to a level that was unmanageable after the end of the first set."

So at this stage, he is not a proven performer in Best of 5 Set matches.

Both Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer are on the record as saying the Major Titles Tournaments really only begin in the second week.

I'm not suggesting Alcaraz won't be successful in BO5 Tournaments. But he is going to have to temper his style and preserve his energy in the first week if he wants to be successful. No doubt JCF is aware of that and will coach him accordingly.
 
if bretti can win a set at sw19 final, tsitsipas two at fo, rafa won ao, why carlos cannot hv his.share of chance?
 
Karma Tennis said:
... and in that match he retired four games into the second set, after losing the first set 6-3.

"Auger-Aliassime took the first set, 6-3, and was leading 3-1 in the second set when Alcaraz approached the umpire and informed him that he was retiring from the match with an injury.
He said after the match he had an injury to a right upper leg muscle that he sustained from playing long matches in each of the previous two rounds. He said he started the match with pain and that it increased to a level that was unmanageable after the end of the first set."

So at this stage, he is not a proven performer in Best of 5 Set matches.

Both Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer are on the record as saying the Major Titles Tournaments really only begin in the second week.

I'm not suggesting Alcaraz won't be successful in BO5 Tournaments. But he is going to have to temper his style and preserve his energy in the first week if he wants to be successful. No doubt JCF is aware of that and will coach him accordingly.
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Sure. But that was early last fall, he was really good then, but nothing compared to player he is now. He’s focused specifically on fitness and stamina after that, as you might have noticed last week. Carlos played two grueling matches against Rafa and Novak back to back and still showed no signs of fatigue when he absolutely destroyed Zverev the day after beating Djokovic in a match that ran for three hours and thirty eight minutes.
He’s ready for best of five.
 
middleballs said:
Sure. But that was early last fall, he was really good then, but nothing compared to player he is now. He’s focused specifically on fitness and stamina after that, as you might have noticed last week. Carlos played two grueling matches against Rafa and Novak back to back and still showed no signs of fatigue when he absolutely destroyed Zverev the day after beating Djokovic in a match that ran for three hours and thirty eight minutes.
He’s ready for best of five.
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I'll be shocked if he does not win RG. Only Nadal can stop him but Rafa will have to pull out his best RG performance in many years to do it and roll the clock back.
 
Gt86 said:
I love this swagger. Love the confidence. He thinks he is better than anyone. That's a great mindset to have.
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His self belief is great to see although I hope he’s prepared for the knock backs and can still stay confident. He isn’t going to win everything, all the time. That’s not how it works.
 
40L0VE said:
He should be quietly confident. Making it public puts more pressure on him to live up to it plus it gives the press something to attack him with if he starts struggling in the early rounds.
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No I disagree. He is making a statement to Nadal and Djokovic probably deliberately as advised by his team. Too many players have been very deferential to the BIG 3 and maybe Alcaraz has been told to be much more confident. His results back up the rhetoric so far.
 
Rattie said:
His self belief is great to see although I hope he’s prepared for the knock backs and can still stay confident. He isn’t going to win everything, all the time. That’s not how it works.
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Yes of course he will lose matches. The key though is having that Rafa like confidence that he is better than anyone else. Rafa has never been as outwardly confident as Alcaraz but when he has lost he has said stuff that always gives the impression he felt he should not lose the match. Roger was the same. In fact all great champions have that mindset.
 
Gt86 said:
No I disagree. He is making a statement to Nadal and Djokovic probably deliberately as advised by his team. Too many players have been very deferential to the BIG 3 and maybe Alcaraz has been told to be much more confident. His results back up the rhetoric so far.
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"actions speak louder than words" and on that measure by beating them recently he's already made a far stronger statement to Nadal and Djokovic.
 
Rattie said:
His self belief is great to see although I hope he’s prepared for the knock backs and can still stay confident. He isn’t going to win everything, all the time. That’s not how it works.
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Tell that to Djokovic and Federer and the many seasons they (almost) completely dominated...
 
Gt86 said:
Yes definitely agree. I also think 4-0 v Tsitdipas and Zverev combined is a statement
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He's looking like the real one. Already 4-0 against the established next gen players, accepted the last win against Zverev was likely helped by bad scheduling for Zvrevev.
 
UnderratedSlam said:
Pressure is st he deals with very well. As all true champions should.

This "must be careful what I say" attitude is for the mice.
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I expect him to deal with the pressure but Nadal never shouted about being ready for Rolland Garros, Federer for Wimbledon and before then I don't recall Sampras shouting about Wimbledon so I don't accept this being quiet is for the mice.
 
UnderratedSlam said:
This attitude is roughly 10,000,000,000,000 times more preferable to the meek "I'll try my best" crap we've been getting from NextGen.
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“Maybe when the Big 3 retire & if I practice really, really hard, I’ll hopefully be able to win a slam someday. Golly that would be just so wonderful. I’m going to try my best. Did I mention how much I respect the Big 3?”
 
40L0VE said:
He should be quietly confident. Making it public puts more pressure on him to live up to it plus it gives the press something to attack him with if he starts struggling in the early rounds.
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He doesn’t seem like someone who would care about stuff like that.
 
Gt86 said:
No I disagree. He is making a statement to Nadal and Djokovic probably deliberately as advised by his team. Too many players have been very deferential to the BIG 3 and maybe Alcaraz has been told to be much more confident. His results back up the rhetoric so far.
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Right. It's almost like young players can't win with the fans.

If they show deference and reverence to the B3 then they're soft mugs. Show confidence and they're delusional cockbags.
 
So was Zverev after some Masters 1000 titles. Just saying slams are a different beast. Nadal and Djokovic will up their game by at least 10 percent.
 
Rosstour said:
Right. It's almost like young players can't win with the fans.

If they show deference and reverence to the B3 then they're soft mugs. Show confidence and they're delusional cockbags.
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I know it's absolutely madness isn't it. People seem to think the Big 3 are eternal and object to even the mere hint of someone replacing them.
 
Beating Nadal/Djokovic in a best of 3 is one thing. Slams are a different story kid. Its still a pretty big wall to get through even though both are clearly past their primes.. I think he can beat Nadal at RG but he better hope he doesn't run into Djokovic who will be out for blood and no HomeCourt advantage for Alcarez. Djokovic will knock this kid back down to reality. LOL
 
Gt86 said:
I know it's absolutely madness isn't it. People seem to think the Big 3 are eternal and object to even the mere hint of someone replacing them.
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I think a lot of people who bash the younger guys for not replacing the B3 actually don't want them to
 
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