By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday September 20, 2023
Think about Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal sharing the doubles court docket on the terre battue of Paris, with an Olympic medal hanging within the stability. Followers are already salivating over the likelihood after Nadal spoke in regards to the potential pairing in an interview with the Spanish web site As.com.
Nadal is most undoubtedly focusing on one final shot at Olympic glory.
“As for the Video games, on a private degree, I want to play them yet another time,” Nadal mentioned. “Everybody is aware of that I’ve all the time been a lover of [the Olympic] Video games. I’ve lived unimaginable moments, of seeing what sport is in its pure essence.”
Nadal says he has not talked to Alcaraz about pairing with him, however he’s warming as much as the concept nonetheless.
For the file, Alcaraz has already mentioned that enjoying doubles with Nadal “could be a dream,” so it’s fairly clear that the two-time Slam champion could be on board.
“Relating to the very fact of enjoying doubles with Carlos, I’ve not had the slightest dialog with him in that regard,” Nadal mentioned, earlier than including: “However I’d additionally like and it could be a superb motivation, one other incentive for me to have the ability to shut my Olympic cycle enjoying with Carlos, with the whole lot he’s reaching, with the younger individuals and with the good future he has forward of him.”
Nadal on Alcaraz: He Is a Step Above Everybody Else
Nadal had excessive reward for his 20-year-old compatriot, as he mirrored on Alcaraz’s Wimbledon triumph and his general mind-blowing degree.
“Though he’s very younger, proper now, virtually, the one rival I see for him is Djokovic,” Nadal mentioned. “He’s a step above everybody else. My feeling from exterior the circuit is that when he performs, the video games usually depend upon him 90 % of the times.
“In that sense, I believe that what occurred at Wimbledon doesn’t shock me, and that it’s not stunning, it means how good Carlos is and the extent he holds. The fact is that it’s unbelievable information for sport and for tennis to have somebody like him, who’s doing what he’s doing and, on prime of that, with a lot time forward of him.”