Extremely Similar to His Idols Nadal and Federer, Martina Navratilova Reveals How Carlos Alcaraz Instills Fear in Older Opponents – ‘See the Knockdown Effect..’

Ever since Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest-ever ATP player to reach the number one spot in the rankings, the expectations have been high. Taking note of his prowess on the court, the Spaniard is further being compared to The Big 3 of tennis. While dominating the men’s circuit at the age of 19, the reigning US Open champion is intimidating other opponents, like Taylor Fritz, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and others.

Notably, some of the tennis greats have been hugely impressed by Alcaraz, given his accolades on the court. Even the American tennis legend, Martina Navratilova, is all praise for the 19-year-old as she recently hailed him during the ongoing Miami Open. Speaking about his accolades, the 18-time singles Grand Slam champion said that Alcaraz is intimidating his older opponents on the ATP Tour.

Carlos Alcaraz lauded by the American tennis great at the Miami Open

The former Czech-American tennis player was recently featured in an interview with the Tennis Channel in which she hailed Carlos Alcaraz as the next superstar in the men’s circuit. Martina Navratilova has always regarded the Spaniard in the elite category of tennis greats.

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The Tennis Hall of Famer said that Big-3 comparisons are apt given his recent triumphs on the men’s circuit. However, the 59-time Grand Slam champion also believes that Alcaraz isn’t feeling the pressure of those high expectations as he’s much more into the long term, ie. to be the ‘GOAT’ of tennis.

Later, Navratilova was asked if the other young guys on the ATP Tour should be worried about the 19-year-old considering his major title and rankings. The American tennis legend answered by saying, “Especially since they’re only older than Alcar so the pressure is I mean, when you’re younger every year makes a difference. So you can go from two or three years older, but the guys beating me ‘What’s going to happen two years from now because he’s still gonna improve more than I am.'”

While speaking about the reigning US Open champion, she brought to light the knockdown effect in the game. The former tennis ace said, “So you can be thinking about it too much. Just think about what you can control what you can do and hopefully take good from it and I do see the knockdown effect already. More players using more drop shots.”

Navratilova believes that Alcaraz will have an effect on the court as more players will witness his remarkable playing style. This is not the first time that she is lavishing praise on the Spaniard. Even in the previous season, the American tennis legend lauded Alcaraz by calling him a “better version of Djokovic.”

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