Former World No.1 Andre Agassi has showered praise on current World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz and compared the Spaniard with the Big Three – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic.
Alcaraz has been ticking the right boxes on the tour and he has already won six slams in his young career. The Spaniard recently won the US Open title after beating Jannik Sinner in a four-set contest.
Earlier in the season, Alcaraz had won the Roland Garros after besting Sinner in an epic five-set match in Paris. Agassi noted that Alcaraz has soft hands like Federer, has compatriot Rafael Nadal’s pace and can defend like Novak Djokovic.
“We’ve come off a generation with Novak, Roger and Rafa, and if you take the best of what each of them do, it’s like it’s turned into one person,” said Agassi via the Laver Cup website.
“He can defend like Novak. He has soft hands and feel like Federer, and he can generate RPMs and pace like Rafa. And you’ve got the speed — offensively and defensively.”
“You’ve got the passion that keeps him fired up the whole time,” the eight-time Grand Slam champion continued. “He kind of has the whole package.”
Agassi is hopeful that Alcaraz would look to be creative at the Laver Cup, which would give Team World a chance.
“The thing you have to hope for is that he gets too creative out there. You hope he crosses that line every now and then to give you some hope.”
On the other hand, Roger Federer tipped Team Europe as the favorites for the Laver Cup with Alcaraz on the team.
“It’s going to come down to the singles and with Carlos Alcaraz on the team, with him arrived already in San Francisco ready to go, I give Europe the edge,” said Federer while speaking at the tournament.
