From showcasing the highpoints of a wedding ceremony to creating a promising college application-they come in handy in several ways. This article was amended on 2 July 2023 to correct a quote by Matt Roberts of the Tennis Podcast.If you’ve ever gone back to rewatch the key points of a football or cricket match long after it was over, you know how impactful and important highlight videos can be! But that’s not the only thing highlight videos are restricted to. He’s such a fun time.”Īs for Alcaraz, he says simply: “I think I will win at least one Wimbledon.” And he’s so fast, so fans will love that aspect of his game as well. He’s someone you want to watch because of what he might do next – a shot you’ve never seen before. “People have different likes and dislikes, I’m sure, but anyone would be hard pushed to watch Alcaraz play tennis and not feel joy or some connection,” says Roberts. Still, expect Alcaraz, who last week was named as an ambassador for Louis Vuitton, to become a darling of the Wimbledon faithful.
But make no mistake: Djokovic, the seven-time champion – and unbeaten at the tournament since 2017 – starts as overwhelming favourite. He almost lost in the first round, but by the end of the week he was saying: “Right now, I feel like I’ve played 10 years on grass.” He’s been studying videos of Federer and Murray to improve his movement.
So what chance does Alcaraz have at this year’s Wimbledon? Well, like the surface, he’s very green: his victory at Queen’s was only his third-ever tournament on grass. Anyone would have watched him and thought: ‘Jeesh, this guy is very good at the thing.’” I really don’t think I had an incredible scouter’s eye. “He was just so complete he could do anything.
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“He looked like a professional already,” recalls Roberts. When Roberts first saw Alcaraz, only just a teenager, play at a junior tournament in Barcelona, it was already clear he was a special proposition. He started playing aged three, and by 11 he was signed up by the talent agency IMG. Carlitos, as he’s known, grew up in Murcia, south-eastern Spain: his grandfather built a tennis club in his home town, filled with clay courts, and his father was the academy director. But Alcaraz feels like a different proposition. The question of who will be the next great men’s tennis champion has felt like the trials of a fairytale: over the years the contenders have come – Grigor Dimitrov, Milos Raonic, Dominic Thiem, among them – and none has noticed the pea under the mattress. “How he moves, the things he returns – it’s beautiful! I’m glad someone like him will follow in the footsteps of Roger and Rafa.”
Petra Kvitová, the two-time Wimbledon women’s champion, was equally effusive. He was just so complete he could do anything Matt Roberts, Tennis Podcast host I just hope that his body holds up, because he’s putting crazy demands on his body at the moment.” As a teenager Alcaraz looked like a professional. Last week Ivan Ljubičić, a former world No 3 and the coach credited with Federer’s late-career regeneration, said: “He’s something we haven’t seen so far: some sort of sick combination of Djokovic, Federer and Nadal. It’s a heady comparison, but Alcaraz attracts a lot of those these days. Federer used to love the spotlight being number one, and I think Alcaraz has got that as well.” “And that’s a little bit of Federer, I suppose. He doesn’t seem burdened by being at the top of the sport so young, by having people chase him. “He just plays with such joy and freedom on the court. “He seems to really relish big moments and big stages,” says Matt Roberts, co-host of the excellent Tennis Podcast, who first watched Alcaraz compete aged 13.
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