Roddick compares Alcaraz to Nadal: "Rafa at his age didn't have.."

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Carlos Alcaraz is on everyone's lips for his recent level in tournaments. The player from Murcia won the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo 2025, but he didn't seem to reach his best level in any of the matches he played. He managed to defeat a great Arthur Fils in the quarterfinals by 4-6 7-5 6-3, but he also failed to show that intimidating version that scared all his opponents on the circuit. Nevertheless, he claimed the title, and in the first round of the ATP Barcelona, he struggled against a newcomer to the category like Ethan Quinn, against whom he saved a set point (6-2 7-6). His next opponent will be Laslo Djere, a specialist on clay courts.

A well-known voice on the circuit like Andy Roddick, former world number one and winner of the 2003 US Open, wanted to comment on the current moment of Carlos Alcaraz. Not only that, but he compared him with Rafa Nadal when the Spaniard had the same age as the young star. He did this on the Tennis Channel Live podcast.

- Alcaraz, with nothing to prove

Roddick was very clear in favor of Carlos: "He doesn't need to prove anything, we are judging this boy against his own shadow because he is number one in the race, and Jannik Sinner is suspended."

"We didn't need him to prove anything this week, but he did it once again. The problem of being able to hit all the shots in the world is that sometimes you want to try to hit all the shots in the world. Nadal at his age didn't have as many options as Carlos, and although Rafa later evolved his game, at first he just wanted to be very intense for the opponent and hit that forehand shot towards the backhand."

- "Fools like me..."

Roddick didn't hold back and was completely honest, speaking of Alcaraz as if he were a tennis prodigy: "Fools like me had only one way to play, Carlos goes through difficult moments, but it seems to be a matter of not knowing how to play that day," said the former world number one in the relaxed conversation.

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