Why is Alcaraz more like Federer than Nadal?

At the last training session before the Roland Garros 2025 final, Alcaraz spent a few minutes for a new object placed right on the Philippe Chatrier yard: Nadal footprint printed. Alcaraz took the phone and took a souvenir photo.

after the classic final with a spectacular backward to defeat Jannik Sinner, Alcaraz repeated an important thing: "Rafa is the idol, who inspired me ". But looking at the style of competition, Alcaraz is really "disciples " of Nadal?

is not easy to answer that question. No need to be the most passionate fans to see Nadal and Alcaraz have many similar weapons or skills. But if talking about the mind of competition, Alcaraz reminds of Federer more, not only by the attacking thinking to win, but also because of the entertainment in the fighting style.

is the left -hand player with extreme shots to suffocate, Nadal has the most unique points in how to play, especially when it comes to the ability to put tremendous pressure on the opponent's hand with high shine. With Alcaraz - a right -handed man, he did not constantly open the angle as regularly as Nadal counterattack. Instead, the diverse capacity of Carlitos helps him promote high -intensity tennis tens. Alcaraz's left hand, similar to Nadal, is not as spectacular but firm and reliable at important moments. And like Nadal, Alcaraz was not appreciated for the serve, but he made up for the direct point of the point from the intercourse with the ability to move agile and soft touches when on the net. Rafa did not give up as small as his juniors. But saying that does not mean that Nadal is not capable or lacks confidence to play like that. In fact, the Spanish legend is the person who catches the extreme or thanks to the very "good" hand. The problem lies in personalities. Rafa's strategy is to maximize the strengths of the special qualities on the clay, which are unique left -handed shots, creating falling points and vortices that haunt the opponent. Since then, Nadal has gradually built the advantage in each score, especially the durable ball, to wait for a really smooth ball to finish.

Nadal always tries to set a ball that he minimizes the level of risk when making the willow shot. If not a mandatory situation, Rafa will not take risks. He has no need to search for special shots to appear in Highlight. But also because of that, the audience sometimes feels a bit boring when watching Nadal play, because creating a special moment as the fans on the pitch, not the priority Rafa. Efficiency and score is what he is most interested in.

In contrast, Federer likes to be performed, like transforming into an artist and turning the field into a stage with the desire to create his own artistic features. He not only plays, but also towards technical performance. Many interviews after a match, the reporter found that Federer was still interested in a skillful handling phase, or a certain score. Of course, Alcaraz can choose a safe hitting mode or reduce the pace of the game, but only a few scores. It is not exaggerated to say that, if Alcaraz stood intact in the safe area for more than 10 minutes, this player also felt "bored ".

"Not interesting scores ", Alcaraz shrugged indifferently when talking about saving the three Championship-point in set in four, mainly due to Sinner made mistakes. Instead, Alcaraz was more excited when referring to Winner's decided point he made. "The ball slides on the line, I have to move out. To be honest, I don't know how I can do it ".

but different Federer radiates elegance thanks to the ability to control the state as well as the behavior, body language and emotions of Alcaraz is an open book with many different levels. Sometimes he screamed to coach Juan Carlos Ferrero during the time of winner, different from the quiet image as if he signed a way to handle the situation himself. And sometimes he is passionate, actively interacting with the audience to stir the atmosphere, and encourage himself.

So where does Novak Djokovic in Alcaraz's play? The majority may agree with the similar views of Djokovic and Sinner, those who stabilize and have the ability to rewind back and forth to fierce accuracy. They are not a flying or romantic player, but they both do basic things that are too good in the extraordinary way. It is difficult to beat Djokovic or Sinner.

The funniest is tennis fans. Two gene Z talents show that they possess extremely rare qualities, with the ability to create super -class balls in any situation. Even at an important moment and pressure, Alcaraz and Sinner more violently exploded. Many people called the final for five and a half hours at Roland Garros witnessed the tennis from another planet. Many fans have set the last classic heroic letter besides the 2008 Wimbledon final between Nadal and Federer, the match is still considered the best at all times. In athletics, people are anxious to wait for the next Usain Bolt, while football fans are tired of seeking a great competition similar to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. And fortunately for the tennis fans, they do not need to worry after witnessing the fierce but also beautiful Roland Garros final.. Throughout more than five hours, the two proved that they were ready to step up, take over the stage and the huge heritage of "Big 3 ". The transfer was smooth but also fierce, when Alcaraz and Sinner upgrade all their aspects, from speed, intensity, strength to the strong will that few people can imagine.

among them is the legendary Andrre Agassi, who has repeatedly shook their heads bored when witnessing Alcaraz and Sinner creating good quality and quality tennis. Both - very young people - always try to push the opponent to the limit, even surpass the inherent boundaries in each processing phase. Both the match, Alcaraz and Sinner exchanged 1,433 shots, and each ball carried the will to defeat the opponent to measure the board on the red dust yard.

At that place, Alcaraz was the winner to enter the territory that even Federer, Nadal or Djokovic had never been in his career. At the age of 22, the boy from Murcia successfully defended the title in both Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Fans always want to create similarities, such as putting on Alcaraz's tenacious scales with Nadal, or comparing the audience's astonishment when Carlitos or Federer draws artwork. But in the end, what makes people happy is to see a unique Alcaraz and write down their own history pages. Five victories in the entire five Grand Slam finals, which was the affirmation of a champion who was destined to be chosen as a great symbol in the future.