They Say he is the NEXT Rafael Nadal... How Good is Carlos Alcaraz Really? 

You just can't be compared to one who has 20 GS victories. No way. Let Alcaraz and Musetti and Sinner grow in peace.

He isn’t the next Nadal, He is the first Alcaraz Garfia. Just like Sinner isn’t the next Djokovic and Musetti isn’t the next federer

He is gonna be the most insane player to watch in our new generation

5 months later, he beats an in form World number 3 Tsitsipas in a 5 set tiebreaker. Its insane.

It's gonna be fun watching a Alcaraz v Musseti rivalry.

7 months later he already defeated top 10 players, Sinner, and won the ATP NextGen.

Watching this after he just beat Tsitsipas at us open. The guy is world class. Will win multiple grand slams. Looks like a mix between Novak & rafa with a Murray drop shot thrown in as icing on the cake!

thanks for your videos. It seems to me that you were correct in your opinion. I think he looks like Rafa Nadal in terms of his human values, but this ... Carlos ... is pure dynamite. A hug

HE JUST KICKED TIPTIPS ASS IN US OPEN / THE NEW YORK CROWD AND NEW FANS AROUND THE WORLD LOVED HIS STYLE / THERE ARE SHIMMERS OF NADAL IN HIM - GOOD FOR TENNIS 🎾

This guys looks like Karen Khachanov with no beard

2:10 thats a video from my channel, thx for including it : )

Being associated as the next Nadal will hurt his game. Unrealistic expectations.

Not a bad call. The most impressive thing I've seen today against Tsitsipas

Great vidéo, great Chanel

So many unknowns: desire, tactics, IQ, pressure, etc. Nadal's desire is herculean. There is one Nadal every 30-40 years. Just letting the phrase "He's the next Nadal!" slip from one's lips is lunacy. Peace out!

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The future rivalry between ALCARAZ / MEDVEDEV / TSITSIPAS / SINNER / SVEREV / THIEM / AUGER-ALIASSIME / SHAPOVALOV / MUSETTI / RUBLEV / AND MANY OTHERS YOUNG PLAYERS LIKE HUMBERT, TIAFOE... WILL BE FANTASTIC

I like all your logic MAN👍🙏

Great video

I hope they dont overhype him and destroy his carrier we see this happenin with a lot of young players.

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Nice Analysis

Remember this. There is no next Rafa, Fed or Djoker

Well he is in the US Open Quarter Finals now.

After watching Marbella I can see the parallels but he's pretty darn good!

Creo sin duda que va a ser top 5. Decir top one es muy dificil pero posibilidades tiene.

Alcaraz is now n°1 with a GC and talking about his serve, he just served 8 aces in the last set of the US open champion...

Where did you get that footage at the end

it takes a lifetime to find another Rafael Nadal.

Prediction is coming true👍

There is and will be only one Rafael Nadal. The real one who is the best tennis player of all time. And Alcaraz is the first Alcaraz who can win a few Slams maybe

He 'looks' like a mix of Roger, Rafa, Novak, and Sampras. His face is like an amalgamation of all their faces. 😀 As to whether he'll be able to replicate their success, we should probably go easy with those predictions. Alcatraz can consider himself fortunate if he can win as much as Ferrero did. That in itself is a pretty decent tennis career, and I'm sure he'll have plenty of fun along the way and make decent money. I don't think these comparisons do any good for the players. They just expose our craving for sensationalist stories tbh

Hi, I think he will become a Top Player, he seems to have the skills and will

To be the next Nadal, he has to dominate CLAY. Nadal built his career based on this surface. Carlos hasn’t shown that kind of domination this far.

Alcaraz is his own man. His game is like a mix of Federer (ability to generate pace) and Djokovic. His defensive skills and mentality are like Rafa / Djokovic. He can serve at 134 mph but can improve it, as well as the low slice, volleys, net game. Scary to think how good he can get. He is more complete than Rafa and Novak were at his age. I hope he stays injury free. In my opinion, he will be more successful on hard courts though his firepower will absolutely help him on clay.

I assume people are saying he's going to be the next Nadal because he's from Spain? But, the interview I saw with the kid he said his style was more like Roger's and that his game is more modeled after Roger than Nadal - which I found funny since the kid's from Spain. He said he liked to be very aggressive, play all court and hit a lot of winners. Nobody has ever accused Nadal of being the most aggressive player around. LOL! I've seen the kid play a couple of times and obviously he's only 17 and needs to grow into his body. He's listed as 6'1" but players are just so tall and powerful today growing few inches wouldn't hurt his chances of being in the top 10. Just don't be like Sascha Zverev with a booming first serve and Venus Williams' second serve. Meow! Seriously...Zverev really needs to do something about that 2nd serve... Overall, these guys are so young that saying they'll be top 10 in 1-3 years is putting the cart ahead of the horse. Look at FAA and Shapo. FAA in particular has the game but hasn't put it all together yet because once you get into the top 20 the talent level increases 10-fold. And the reality is - in 2-3 years when Roger, Rafa and Novak are all retired or playing a lot less the sport is going to naturally open up for all of these guys who are currently in their early-to-mid 20s to win some Slams. These young guys are going to have to be exceptional talents in order break through.

He isn’t lefty to begin with so how will he be Nadal?

Hi definitely is................ He is a Monster!

I ve seen him play when he was 15 and younger and everybody were sure that he had the potential. He needs an incisive mentality like the big 4, thiem, medvelev and rublev. If not he will be like the rest of the top 50, supertalets to counftable with their ranking.

This aged well

I feel for anyone who gets that comparison. I do think he'll have a solid career if he can avoid listening to the inevitable Rafa comparisons. Alcaraz's game already seems more developed than Munar (who was the last to be pegged as the next Spanish hope and hasn't really developed as even a clay specialist on the ATP level).

This is the guy that played with zverev s t shirt😂😂😂

Have been hearing next nadal,next roger..... till now nobody was even close

Let the records speak for themselves. No need to overhype on the next gen...

I feel that alcatraz will peck closer to his 20's because if he is somewhat like nadal he will push himself at such a young age to be the best he can be on all surfaces similarly to nadal at his young age when he started winning slams and titles

Rafa has 20 Slams, and he plays with 2 other players that have 20 Slams (or going to have anyway). Realistically should there is no other 2, any of the three should have around 25 or more now. I’m sure this dude is talented, calling anyone the next Rafa or Novak or Roger is frankly ridiculous

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Why isn't he playing at the Monte Carlo Open now?

His forehnd resembles more of a Fed kinda shot

Reaching top 10 by 2024 said Zverev ... He always put himself on there... I think the time is already here guys. Peace

and... alcaraz won sinner yesterday, who is already into the top ten. things seem to happen quickly for these guys.

It is hard to tell whther he is gonna be at the top ten or not. As u have already mentioned, his acceleration is superb, that is his main weapon along with grear dropshots. Serving fast is crucial nowadays and so far his service is just average, so he should focus on that too... Most of the next generatoon players serve like masters, really fast and precise. He will pronably base his game in being aggressive, precise, and creative.

One of the reason people might not bother subscribing to your channel is that you spend so long talking about subscribing to your channel. So, he's not a clay court specialist, has a weak serve, and spends a lot of time playing aggressively, rushing to the net etc. Remind me why you would be suggesting any comparison with Nadal...other than him being Spanish.

who is here after Alcaraz defeated tsitsipas?

Don't compare Nadal to anyone.

Generations of the big 3: - Federer, Nadal, Djokovic - Thiem, Medvedev, Tsitsipas - Sinner, Musetti, Alcaraz 😂😂😂

He has unreal movement and thats about it. I'd say he is almost as fast as prime rafa but does not have the strength and tactics.

Top 10 by 2024? How about world number one and a grand slam winner in 2022? Something Zverev himself is yet to achieve... I mean Carlos is just insane

Who is the next Alcaraz though?🤔

It’s funny coming back to this video in 2023 saying you think Alcaraz will become big in a couple years and 1 1/2 years later, he is the youngest world no 1 ever and already has a grand slam

Wait and watch. I m not opening my cards yet.

compare any player with the 3 all time best tennis player in history is a huge mistake

This kind of comparisions can only make a negative impact, never a positive one on the player. He has beaten Tsitsipás in five sets in this US OPEN with a difference between the two of them of about 50 spots in the ranking. Lets talk about this kind of things better.

It seems to me that they were wrong, as of September 11, 2022, it is already No. 1

So sad how u never made a video on Coco Gauff

Any here after he beat the world no :3

He needs that breakthrough slam. That is his next hurdle

Reminds me more of juan carlos ferrero.

Canadian Lad

Who is here after he beat Tsitsipas?

The next Nadal plays like Novak

Yeah he’s kinda good beat Novak at wimby

It is very ungrateful for young talents to be compared to the stars of the game. Comparison add unnecessary pressure.

1:00 video starts here. Thank me later

Is Alcaraz from Basque?

He's good but Nadal at his age had beaten the world no. 4 and the world no. 1 and had won 1 ATP title, and one year later, he won 4 tournaments in a row (2 masters, 1 500 and one grand slam), he won 11 titles in the season where he was 18/19 (2005). Alcaraz has no chance of equalling this, so he isn't the next Nadal. My guess is a maximum of 8 slams in his career.

Forecasting young players as the next legend (Fed, Nadal, Novak) is toxic and unfair, which many people agree about yet the media continues to do it to create clickbait. The delta between the physical ability of the top 15, whether 20 years ago or today is relatively small. What separates the legends and everyone else is the mental game. Alcaraz is supremely gifted physically to compete with the top players in the world at 17, so hopefully that under the tutelage of a former #1 he will achieve great things.

There won't be another Nadal.. Very true but comparing with another player may be a bad idea provided he enters a match with heavy burden already (comparison with Nadal here) other than the match pressure hindering his performance.. He can be one of the best upcoming players provided his attributes on court.. As expectation leads to disappointment it's a bit far to compare and expect him or any upcoming player with the Big 3 .. I mean come on.. They have their capabilities.. Alcaraz and other upcoming future giants may beat the record of 20 Grand slams(fingers crossed) and other records. So let's just hope he's getting better year after year to compete the big stage.. As far his performance is concerned let him come up and prove his capability.. Maybe he'll become better than Nadal or Federer or Djokovic who knows..

its clear they compare him because he have a ink game to the one from Rafa

What about Ruusuvoori? I see Sinner & Ruusuvoori one step ahead of Alcaraz and Musetti....but these 4 have most def top ten potential...from that to compare any of them with any of the big three, well I think you can't start doing that even with any of the current Thiems and Medvedevs, at least until they win 5 or 6 slams in 2 or 3 different places.

... next Nadal? ... is so easy to say it... Nadal, Federer, and Nole are from another galaxy, after them, the tennis world will be dull for quite a while.

I practice with Carlos a few weeks ago he’s a really good player but you can’t compare him with Nadal. I lost 7-5 6-3 played the best tennis of my life but he has to win against me 6-0 6-0.

Alcaraz is a good player. More than this nobody knows , only the time can saids if will be number one or one player more. Ferrero like much the money and train him i imagen that he see something especial in this player

My man is world number 1 and won a grand slam before Zverev and he said ‘crack top 10 in 2024’ 😂😂😂🤡

he looks like lamelo ball

Iván led

Then they are wrong because he is not the next Rafael Nadal. He is Carlos Alcaraz, y punto.

Just a click bait.

Saw him play after hearing he was the "next Nadal" Hate to say it but his game didn't impress me at all. Obviously still young, but sometimes those generational talents just have an "IT factor" when you see them play even at a young age, you just know they're going to be something special. Saw it with Rafa back in 04-05. Just don't see it with this kid

U cant compete him to rafa rafa is a legeng compared to a yung kid

Advocate

Sinner will be a world no. 1. You heard it here first.

no way carlos is going to be next nadal i mean nadal has the best court coverage on tour and his unique shot selection cannot be replaced

Just leave young players to go through their journey,sport is a combination of luck,perseverance, strength etc stop using them for your stupid chanels

He will not be the next Nadal!!!!Come on Rafa already won a grand slam at 19.

Next nadal ? LOL 😂

Well, this just proves the point I was making on 'Why Novak does not have fanbase' video. Had this kid been from Serbia no one would've heard about him till he wins a grand slam at least. But he's Spanish so here we are talking about him for no bloody reason at all and comparing him with Rafa. Like straight Rafa. I mean this channel sounds like being run and written by a teenager. Edit: Just stick showing highlights and collections only please. These are juvenile opinions otherwise.