Rafa would benefit him far more as a hitting partner with his awkward technique and left hand. No doubt he’d be a great coach but Carlos is already doing well enough
Rafa's footwork is clear to see from this angle, it is exceptional. No wonder why he is so hard to beat, he is a master at turning defense into offence during points, because it is so hard to hit a shot that he will not get to in perfect timing. Traits of the Goat!
@@davesufci1929 Yes yes traits of Djokovic,same tactic of turning defense into offense.Just Djokovic has been a faster and more durable player,hence his wide success on all surfaces,compared to Rafa who has been extremely dominant on clay but not on other faster surfaces.
Why should he? He is still physically very much there. The decline will come one day. It's inevitable, no one beats time but until then long live the king.
When you think Nadal will hit a defensive shot he comes out with the most offensive shot with a very hard to read angle, depth and spin. That's why he's got 21 Grand Slams.
I'm not a betting man, but I'd put $20 on Carlos at +2000 right now. Would not be surprised to see him crack the QF or better. He's just so fast and not afraid of hitting for a win.
They probably didn't, but imagine how cool it would have been if Moya and Ferrero joined in for a chilled "taper-off" hit-out... 3 former world number 1's and a potential future contender for that ranking. I'd love to see that
Wow... Qué orgullo debe haber sentido Carlitos al escuchar a Rafa decir: "Qué buena, Carlos". Translation: How proud little Carlos must have felt after hearing Rafa saying: "How good, Carlos". Min. 10:29
@@javierabrilmartinez3218 no dice “qué cabrón” dice “larga”. Pero hay otra parte donde Rafa está hablándose así mismo y dice “imbécil” y sigue hablando en Mallorquín.
Vaya, vaya… vale.. ah, por favor.. terrific video and audio capture of the players appreciation for each other in this superlative practice before their epic semifinal. 🎬👏
Alcaraz is good, but still, Nadal is another level... His serve+first punch is just great. This one-two punch is something that differentiates Big 3 from others. They are just soo good at their service game. And after that they put you on a constant presure at your serve. That's hard to beat, both physicaly and mentaly. In recent years, Federer had not the best backhand or forhand on tour, but had the best one-two punch. Thanks to that he was always secure on his serve. That's huge advantage. You can see this on this practice... afrer his serve Nadal is always hiting the line or coming to the net, while Alcaraz hits hard, but rarely near the line, and never comes to the net.
Agree. Nadal has been beyond words in terms of depth of his game, arsenal of tennis shots, tennis iq, for so, so, so long. So too the three. That they were head, shoulders above even Sampras Agassi Lendl McEnroe Borg...all of them, just unbelievable. Others coming up will have to figure it out. It will be toughest act to follow in tennis history.
My my my pleasing to the eyes. He‘s very close (to the top level) but Alcaraz still has something to learn from the master, it seems. +For example, the ability to still hold service games out of his serves and game managing skills despite not feeling well on the forehand, as is displayed in this practice match.
Great video. It's clear that Nadal is most of the time pushing him to the back of the court... It's not much but gives Nadal the edge on a regular basis... Alcatraz still have plenty of time but still needs to go a little step up
It's a matchup thing. Almost every right hander in history has a bad matchup against Nadal style wise. Exceptions being Djokovic, Davydenko and post 2015 Federer
Gracias por traducir la parte en Mallorquín. I knew he was saying imbecile to himself, but didn’t understand what he said after that. Es maravilloso ver y escuchar lo que Rafa piensa durante los entrenamientos.
@@minyrar7107 I thought it was English myself for a while -and I also speak Mallorquín myself - but sometimes it's confusing with those neutral vowels ... they can sound similar when mumbling ... 😂😂
As often we may do in Mallorca, we often mix Spanish and Mallorquin in a single phrase, as he starts "Muy bien, imbécil" rather than "Molt bé, imbècil". Follows by "cag amb sa puta ... esperar tant"
@@minyrar7107 Yo entendí "casi me pego un piño tras el winner que he echao" pero cuesta de descifrar un poco (no creo que meta mallorquín pq soy catalán y me daría cuenta). A ver si Pablo deja de reírse tanto y nos cuenta qué entendió él
Good and promising as Alcaraz is, he has a long way to match Rafa's career in which I think it is almost impossible. If any tennis player can achieve (1/5)th of what Rafa did, this tennis player will be considered as a very successful player.
1/5th of rafa’s career is 4 grand slams. That’s Andy Murray and Stan wawrinka level, both hall of famers. So yeah, 1/5th would be wildly successful for Carlos! I hope he does it!
@@Rorshacked I understood Ben's comment to include ALL of Nadal's achievements not just his Grand Slams. In that respect Alcaraz has a long way to go. Personally, if his healthy and hungry enough there's no doubt his name will be included among the Tennis greats.
hey thanks for putting out such great footage! May I please have permission to use your content, I'll be sure to promote you as well? (P.S. Ryan from 2 Minute Tennis mentioned I should reach out to you)
This was right as the gates opened and Rafa and Alcaraz were already playing for a while. They also were not on the practice schedule so this was a surprise. I was just passing by and got lucky being in the right place at the right time. Otherwise, the stands would’ve been overflowing.
As we say in Italy, Alcaraz needs to eat more spaghetti before he's at that level. In real match and Alcaraz full power I think he's not that far behind his master.
Si el ganador de 21 GS se dice imbecil a si mismo no me voy a sentir tan mal cuando me lo diga yo. Que lindo deporte el tenis, te hace sentir una mierda no importa quien seas 😂
He said something in slang like " I made a big miss in the Centre.." And the coach said something like "you need to push around the service box..". Or this is what I understood.
He is not speaking Spanish there. He is speaking Mallorquí. I’m a native Spanish speaking person and didn’t understand what he said. I did catch what he said in the parts he spoke Spanish, of course.
@@minyrar7107 creo que dice "he metio un pinyo en el centro.." y el entrenador(parece Marc Lopez) le contesta "tienes que apretar en Los tres cuartos..". No escuche nada mallorquin, aunque puede haber lo..
Hard to say considering we don’t know where he is aiming. Serving at nadals body isn’t the worst idea as it gives Nadal less freedom to just shape the return deep
@@YesSirPhil Exactly right. He can serve big at 135 mph but not consistently and as you said a long way to go regarding placement, but when I compare him to Rafa at this age, he definitely is a more complete player but Rafa's intensity and physical ability was off the charts at the same age. He would not miss a shot in practice.
carlos has trouble dealing with Rafa massive top-spin. you can see that he is trying to wait to hit on the rise. but the top-spin raise too much too fast
No it's my initials. 12 was my number when I played basketball in high school. This youtube channel was started a long, long time ago (and even before that it was on vimeo) w/ no intention of people watching any of these videos. It was just my way of memorializing my trips to these tennis tournaments. A lot of people like to take photos. I like shooting video instead. Never ended up changing the name for the channel and just kept it.
Young boy hasn’t got a chance unless he gets real lucky Don’t even compare the two. There are too many good players coming in the future. Todays sensations are short lived. Not even one major under his belt, compared to many of nadals
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