Carlos Alcaraz didn't have an excellent second half of the 2023 Atp season, and many wondered whether his hype was oversold.
Truthfully and respectfully, it was not. The Big Three was never the norm for tennis, and Carlos Alcaraz's trajectory looked more like the Big Three than anything else. That tells you everything you need to know, but let's add a bit of glazing to the cake.
He's the youngest number one ever; he's a two-time Grand Slam champion, one of which came at Wimbledon, a major played on grass, a surface on which he's far from being a specialist.
He also bested Novak Djokovic in the final, becoming the first man in a decade to beat him on the Centre Court of Wimbledon. So, he certainly is not overhyped. The problem in the second half was a combination of injuries and an inability to find his best tennis.
For Boris Becker,...
Truthfully and respectfully, it was not. The Big Three was never the norm for tennis, and Carlos Alcaraz's trajectory looked more like the Big Three than anything else. That tells you everything you need to know, but let's add a bit of glazing to the cake.
He's the youngest number one ever; he's a two-time Grand Slam champion, one of which came at Wimbledon, a major played on grass, a surface on which he's far from being a specialist.
He also bested Novak Djokovic in the final, becoming the first man in a decade to beat him on the Centre Court of Wimbledon. So, he certainly is not overhyped. The problem in the second half was a combination of injuries and an inability to find his best tennis.
For Boris Becker,...
- 12/24/2023
- Tennis Infinity
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