The irruption of Carlos Alcaraz Spanish tennis has come wonderful once Rafa Nadal has hung the racket. There was always a certain fear about what was going to happen once the Balearic said the Final goodbye To tennis, but the Murcian tennis player has been in charge of demonstrating that he is the natural successor of the Balearic and that he has everything to be one of the best players of the future despite being only 22 years old.
Of course, what could not be avoided are the comparisons between Nadal and Alcaraz. The Balearic has earned the condition of being considered as the best Spanish athlete of all time and that is what the one of The palmarthat he will do it in his own way.
And in that sense, one of the last to enter to value whether Alcaraz and Nadal are comparable has been Boris Becker. In an interview with The worldthe German extenista affirmed that the Murcia, despite having “much more natural talent,” will never possess “the heart” and the claw demonstrated by the extenist the Balearic on the track.
-«Carlos has more natural talent, but Rafa’s heart has not had it and will have another athlete in history. Alcaraz is fantastic, Djokovic and Federer are legends, but Nadal was at a different level of competitiveness. If in a tournament you crossed with him … Good luck, friend, ”said Boris Becker.
Within that same interview, the German extenista said that there is no put the label of the new Nadal to Alcaraz: «Rafa there is only one and it is a very difficult pressure to carry. Carlos is leaving his own mark. He is still young and the best is yet to come, but it is impossible to guess how long an tennis player will be maintained in the elite ».
And to conclude, Boris Becker commented that Spanish fans must be patient with Alcaraz when the results do not arrive: «I want Carlos to play 10 or 15 more years because for me he is the most exciting tennis player in the world … But the Spaniards, especially journalists, have to be more careful and not judge him so hard every time he loses a party. He is a different player than Nadal ».
