Tennis icon John McEnroe has lauded the talent of Carlos Alcaraz as he made a bold statement about the Spaniard in comparison to the Big Three of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a> is chasing his second US Open<\/a> title and sixth Grand Slam in total at the 2025 edition of the hard-court major in New York. A 19-year-old Alcaraz became the youngest world No 1 in ATP history after claiming his maiden major crown at the 2022 US Open.<\/p>\n The world No 2 steamrolled world No 65 Mattia Bellucci 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 in the second round at Flushing Meadows. Alcaraz broke the 24-year-old Italian\u2019s serve seven times and did not face a single break point in an utterly dominant display on Arthur Ashe Stadium court.<\/p>\n In the opening round, Alcaraz saw off huge-serving 67th-ranked Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. The 22-year-old will take on 32nd seed Luciano Darderi in round three.<\/p>\n Speaking on ESPN, McEnroe gave his verdict on who is better between Alcaraz and world No 1 Jannik Sinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou want two great players in any sport to play their best,\u201d said the seven-time major singles champion.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my opinion, if both guys play their best, Carlos Alcaraz is the better all around player.<\/p>\n \u201cIf he brings A- or below, Sinner is going to beat him. That is what it boils down to. This guy Carlos Alcaraz at 21 or 22 is the most talented kid I have ever seen on the tennis court.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s Grand Slam totals predicted by legendary coach<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Who is Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s brother, Alvaro Alcaraz, who gave him a bald hair cut?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThat is more than Roger Federer, [Rafael] Nadal and [Novak] Djokovic, who I have great respect for. I idolised Rod Laver, I played Pete Sampras.<\/p>\n \u201cThis guy is astoundingly good when he is on. One of the quickest guys who has ever been on the court, incredible personality, the attitude is amazing. He has got every shot in the book. Everything.\u201d<\/p>\n John McEnroe\u2019s brother, Patrick, also weighed in on the debate and explained why he favours Sinner.<\/p>\n \u201cI give Sinner the slight edge at the moment, although when you look at just the head-to-head, it favours Alcaraz very significantly,\u201d said the French Open doubles winner.<\/p>\n \u201cBut this year, you have got to look at the fact Sinner has won two of the three majors. He wins Wimbledon for the first time and overall he is more consistent.<\/p>\n \u201cI think this loss here at Wimbledon is going to give Alcaraz a little bit more of an edge. He looked, for him, like a little passive in that match.<\/p>\n \u201cHe couldn\u2019t believe that Sinner was just taking it to him. I think he is going to come here to New York thinking, \u2018Okay, now I have got something to prove\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I give Sinner the slight edge, but I think Alcaraz is right there and he has a little bit of a chip on his shoulder.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz split Asia schedule as rankings battle heats up<\/a> The post John McEnroe makes \u2018more talented\u2019 Carlos Alcaraz claim in bold Djokovic, Nadal, Federer statement<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tennis icon John McEnroe has lauded the talent of Carlos Alcaraz as he made a bold statement about the Spaniard in comparison to the Big Three of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Alcaraz is chasing his second US Open title and sixth Grand Slam in total at the 2025 edition of the hard-court […]<\/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-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948","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=948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Carlos Alcaraz News<\/h2>\n
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