Toni Nadal has labelled Carlos Alcaraz \u201cthe star of the year and the man to beat\u201d at Wimbledon as he named Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic as the only players who could \u201cpossibly catch him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a> is seeking a third consecutive Wimbledon title at the 2025 Championships, where he started his campaign by surviving a scare to beat Fabio Fognini in five sets.<\/p>\n The five-time major winner holds\u00a090.9% (30-3) win rate on grass, which is the highest of any man in the Open Era among players to win at least 20 matches on the surface.<\/p>\n The world No 2 is on a 19-match winning streak, having triumphed at the Queen\u2019s Club Championships, the French Open and the Italian Open in his previous three events.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old Spaniard has won 28 of his last 29 matches in a sensational run that started at the beginning of the clay season in Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n Alcaraz\u2019s only defeat since March came against Holger Rune in the Barcelona Open final, where he was hampered by injuries that also forced him out of the Madrid Masters.<\/p>\n In his\u00a0El Pais<\/a>\u00a0column, Nadal asserted that he does not \u201csee anyone who can seriously challenge\u201d Alcaraz at the grass-court Grand Slam.<\/p>\n \u201cThe main question on the minds of fans and experts is, without a doubt, whether anyone will be able to defeat our great player,\u201d wrote the uncle and former coach of Rafael Nadal.<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic\u2019s path still tough as Carlos Alcaraz wins big with Wimbledon seeding carnage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n How Carlos Alcaraz broke a historic Rod Laver grass-court record at Wimbledon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI sincerely believe that, under normal conditions, very few opponents have the ability to trouble Carlos.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s true that on grass courts, the element of surprise comes into play more, but looking at the draw he\u2019s facing and considering the fact that the surface is less damaged in the first few days and the game is very fast, I don\u2019t see anyone who can seriously challenge him.<\/p>\n \u201cAlcaraz also possesses, as he has demonstrated over the last two years, the almost perfect conditions to perform with ease on the London grass.<\/p>\n \u201cAs if that weren\u2019t enough, the Murcia-born player arrived at the tournament brimming with morale and confidence following his epic comeback in the Roland Garros final and his recent triumph at Queen\u2019s.<\/p>\n \u201cWithout a doubt, Carlos is the star of the year and the man to beat. The only two players who could possibly catch him along the way are the current number one, Jannik Sinner, and seven-time Wimbledon champion, Novak Djokovic.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz will take on 733rd-ranked British qualifier Oliver Tarvet in the second round at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0John McEnroe makes \u2018surprising\u2019 Carlos Alcaraz admission after Fabio Fognini scare<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post \u2018I don\u2019t see anyone who can seriously challenge Carlos\u00a0Alcaraz at Wimbledon\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Toni Nadal has labelled Carlos Alcaraz \u201cthe star of the year and the man to beat\u201d at Wimbledon as he named Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic as the only players who could \u201cpossibly catch him.\u201d Alcaraz is seeking a third consecutive Wimbledon title at the 2025 Championships, where he started his campaign by surviving a […]<\/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-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","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=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Wimbledon News<\/h2>\n