Carlos Alcaraz has made no secret of his desire to try and catch the \u2018Big 3\u2019 in the chase to win Grand Slam titles and now his ambitious target has been given an endorsement by Toni Nadal.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz won his fifth Grand Slam title at the tender age of 22 after a sensational win against Jannik Sinner in the French Open final.<\/p>\n
The recent Netflix documentary on Alcaraz\u2019s story so far revealed the drive from both him and the people around him to reach for the stars and try to match the remarkable records of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n
The iconic trio are the only players to win 20 or more Grand Slam titles and while that target seems impossible to image for most, Alcaraz has made it clear that he has those numbers in his sights.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, I keep thinking about Nole\u2019s 24 Grand Slams, that\u2019s clear,\u201d said Alcaraz.<\/p>\n
Rafael Nadal delivers Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner verdict after epic French Open final<\/a><\/p>\n The 9 men who have broken the $40m prize-money mark as Alcaraz overtakes legend with Sinner also lurking<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a very ambitious guy and I always want to think big, and I dream big \u2014 obviously Djokovic\u2019s 24 is a goal at the end of my career.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is something that is inevitable to think about. I am very competitive and that is also what drives me to the highest level to try to be at the same level as the Big Three. The truth is that I dream big.\u201d<\/p>\n The notion that the records set by the \u2018Big 3\u2019 may be matched or bettered any time soon is hard to imagine, but Alcaraz\u2019s ambitions have been given support by Rafael Nadal\u2019s uncle Toni.<\/p>\n Nadal\u2019s record-breaking career was shaped by his uncle Toni, who was his long-time coach and mentor, and he has given his verdict on whether Alcaraz could match or even better the achievements of his nephew Rafael. Sinner will be a massive obstacle for Alcaraz to get through on Grand Slam stages for the next decade, but the rest of the leading players in the men\u2019s game appear to be lagging behind the new \u2018Big 2\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is the tennis player with the best conditions in the world,\u201d said Toni, as quoted by Marca.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is fast, he hits very hard with his forehand and backhand and then he has the advantage of not having coincided with the best Federer, the best Djokovic. He has a great rival who is Sinner, but the rest are very affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEqual Rafa? Or maybe he will surpass him. I\u2019m not a fortune teller. But he has the conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz will get a chance to win a sixth Grand Slam title when he defends his Wimbledon title in a tournament that gets underway on June 30.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Novak Djokovic sends Carlos Alcaraz warning as he addresses prospect of Spaniard breaking his records<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Toni Nadal makes lavish Carlos Alcaraz Grand Slam prediction as he reveals \u2018big advantage\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz has made no secret of his desire to try and catch the \u2018Big 3\u2019 in the chase to win Grand Slam titles and now his ambitious target has been given an endorsement by Toni Nadal. Alcaraz won his fifth Grand Slam title at the tender age of 22 after a sensational win against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}