How Good Is Carlos Alcaraz Actually? (Year End Recap) 

Definitely feels like people forget this guy is basically still a "kid" in tennis years, yet has achieved so much already. You'll always have the extremes on either end saying he is overrated or underrated, but I think any sane person is looking on in amazement at what he's been able to do so far so early in his career. Besides Djokovic and Sinner, I think it's clear that Alcaraz is already leagues ahead of everyone else in terms of being champion material. I think the next few years will certainly help to define the rest of his career.

Carlos has had a phenomenal year, improving over 2022. Wimbledon was a crowning achievement and was the best match of the year. It's sad that recency bias has attempted to minimize his accomplishments but I'm glad that your well thought out commentary has helped to put that to rest. His team has already taken steps to manage his schedule better and his coach JCF has it well in hand help him deliver needed improvements. Despite playing with injuries he made a respectable showing at the ATP finals, winning his group. As for the grunts... use the mute button. 😶He's such an exciting and talented player... so much fun to watch. At 20 years old what he's achieved is amazing and there will be more excellent play from him and titles in the future. Vamos Carlitos!

I would definitely like to see a full video on Sinner.

Given clay seems to be his favourite surface and he won Wimbledon with barely any experience on grass, expectations on him to do well especially in French Open will be very high. I just hope he remains injury-free and learns to put losses in perspective. Even though he finished the year at a low (relative to the stratospheric standards he set for himself), I think some of it was mental rather than physical. There is great room for improvement still. His rivalry with Djokovic and Sinner will be exciting to watch.

Not a bad year for Alcaraz in 2023 he won a slam

Love your channel

Great overview and analysis of Alcaraz's season. It does seem like setting his sights on beating Novak and attaching himself to that goal is working against him

Your channel is fantastic!! Thank you! Looking forward to seeing your channel grow! I'm a massive Alcaraz fan!!! 🎉🎉

I'm just concerned how frequent his injuries are. I hope he doesn't push himself too much.

You make excellent tennis videos and you are very objective.

Excellent content, his season was undoubtedly outstanding, especially for his young age. And yes we want to see a Sinner video.

Alcaraz is great tennis, I personally don't like him a lot but every time he steps on court he makes a bit of magic and every match he plays is interesting. He's gonna achieve great things for sure no doubt about that

Great content as always !

Thanks for this great video!

Very good Video as Always. 😊 I would like to See a Video about Sinner.

Great analysis as always, love your videos. Im just a little bit surprised you didn't mention that Alcaraz actually has one 'major problem' and that is lack of plan B in his game, don't you think so? His power shots are definitley the best, but when is not 'his day', he still kinda can't adapt or change the game plan if its not going with his powershots.

I really like your channel and precise approach. Bravo. I saw someone I beat at 15 become a tennis legend so I know how players can improve. Keep up your great work 🎾🏆

really really good, his touch and net game is best on tour, best net volley putaways and amazing touch, best on tour. it's going to be hard for djokovic to beat him at wimbledon I think :O

Excellent video full of facts - thanks for putting this together!

Pls do a similar analysis on Sinner!

Yess Sinner video ! I want it definitely !

2024 is his time to win AO or RG 😊

He is just an amazing and incredible player for a very young man. He changed the game of tennis with his entertainment and magical talents…..

9/10 for Carlos this year.

Yes, Please! Make a video on Sinner.

Honestly, you can't have a better inspiration and motivation than playing with the best ever - only if you know that you can beat him. That's why it was so crucial for Novak to win those last few matches they played, but also so crucial for Carlitos to win a Wimbledon title against Novak - you can't get better than that. So trilled that again we have plenty of intense top players matches, and everyone is pushed to run for their money. Great content as always.

So many exciting prospects have come and gone, and some are still there, not having fulfilled even half of their potential, but Alcaraz has already started to exceed some expectations from a 20 year old tennis star. Comparing anyone to The big 3 is unfair, and today's tennis requires massive amounts of personal and team effort to stay in shape and sane. I only wish Alcaraz takes care of his body while chasing greatness.

Comparisons at the same age across the board would be interesting. (Big 3, Alcaraz , others ?) Thought you were headed there, but then pulled back. Chicken, haha. Thanks for the video. Grunt ON. 😏

I'd be very curious to hear your thoughts on Sinner

😊yes❤ please give us a full Jannik Sinner video🎉

I’m 30 and he’s my idol…..

He just made it to Roland Garros final today.

Why do people keep saying big four😂There was never a fourth, or you might aswell call it the big 6 with del potro, Wawrinka, and Murray. But the big three are so far apart from the other 3 that it isn't even a comparison.

Sinner video would be interesting

2024 Carlos will have a better season again !!

Was a great SZN

I would like to see a video on sinner please I might learn something if you do make one on him thank you.

Please make a video about sinner

He’s gotta play mandatory 12/13 events between 500/1000 Add 4 slams Atp finals Olympics And whatever else he plays in 2024 So it 18/19/20 events Now 2025 it will be reduced if the SuperTour comes He play 9/10 masters 4 slams Barcelona Atp finals The rest not sure So it be cut to 16/17 events so back to normal

As a Nole fan, all he brought to me was a heartbreak :D but still, I like the kid, he is someone worth cheering for when Nole is retired

Alcaraz needs to train smarter and hopefully avoid injuries esp at important events

Waiting for Sinner video

Zverev just did...😂😂😂

"We've been used to seeing someone win 2 or 3 grand slams a year but maybe it's time to readjust our perspectives." Umm... except someone DID win 3 grand slams this year. Not to mention that in the 54 years since the open era started, someone has won 2 or more slams in a year 38 times, the feat accomplished by 14 different players. That means a multiple-slam winner in a given year is actually the norm, and any truly "great" season will include this accomplishment.

Big 4 ?

He is good player but unfortunately shorter 😢

CHARLITOS

Guy needs to tone down on trying to hit every ball with all his might. Just extremely wasteful of energy. And hopefully he can minimise injuries. And Sinner has improved leaps and bounds wimbledon 23 onwards. Great rivalry going forward.

I think Carlos is there already - he just lost confidence in the last half of the year. I also noticed he started using the dropshot a lot less over the year too, & I think there were a lot of moments were a timely drop shot would've benefited him. Hard to predict which way it'll go next year but I would be surprised if he doesn't win a slam; I wouldn't be surprised if he comes out & has a big 3 kind of year where he wins 2 or 3 slams & several masters, conquering all before him. Very interested to see how Rune does next year, I know Sinner has been great but for me Rune & Alcaraz are the ones I really enjoy watching & believe have more variety in their games & potential to be at the top for a long time.

future goat he will surpass novak in less years

I think its unwise to declare you want to be the best in history. However when you have already won a major and are the youngest number 1 in the history of tennis. When your main competition is the goat who's 36 and getting better, I guess all you can aim for is to get better than him?

Carlos shall not allow obsession takeover his body. He will win a lot of slams if he is healthy otherwise it's just Rafa again.

I like these player videos. Fritz, Medvedev, next please

No one can beat Alcaraz when he plays well. Novak is lucky when he beats him.

I am just gonna say 1 thing, the GOAT of tennis is and will be for a loooooong looooooong time. Novak Djokovic

sinner will

Sinner vid!

Someone has stopped Carlos Alcaraz. Himself. The poor guy was hyped into overtraining and overplaying. Rublev has had the same problem. We need to talk about Courtside Tennis.

A major misnomer, isn't it?

Is he actually good😂

JUST GOT DESTROYED BY ZVEREV! LOL

Didnt age well

Sinner better

He should stop playing these “friendly” exhibition matches against Djokovic. He’s just giving Novak plenty of opportunities to scope him out

Looked unbeatable in the first half (not quite so on clay, I loved how Zverev thrashed him at RG), not that much after Cincinnati. He seems to think it's all about him and Djokovic when there are many more players capable of troubling him. He is in desperate need of a bit of humility and I'm starting to think that he, like Tsitsipas and Zverev, are suffering from the family interfering too much. I can't stand his reactions in opponents' faces, it's what makes him unlikable for me but his style of play is fantastic, I can't lie, he has some gorgeous drop shots and a devastating forehand.

Alcaras was a surprise, now he is NOT. They know his game and weaknesses. In my opinion, he will not win any GS anytime soon !

This video is a little bias. You lead the 2023 recap with two minutes of his amazing 2022 season from start to finish. While that is true he had an amazing 2022 season, this is a 2023 video. And the caption of the thumbnail “Insane” will only be fitting if he was winning and trending up. He’s currently trending down and lost his #1 status while other players are getting better and stepping up their game. It’s more fitting if you captioned it with Tsitsipas’ video of “What’s Going On?”. I can’t watch this video in full. Nice try though.

Who is paid to push Acaraz all the time?