Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz is a phenom who proved he is a cut above his contemporaries after beating Novak Djokovic in the 2023 Wimbledon Open.
Will he be the man to beat once the old heads are gone?
Djokovic's coach Goran Ivanisevic believes Alcaraz is a star on his own, but the professional tennis world is brimming with young superstars.
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The names the 20-year-old needs to watch out for are Italy's Jannik Sinner and Russia's Daniil Medvedev. He also thinks Djokovic remains a threat.
"Alcaraz is a story by himself, and Sinner is the only one who can threaten him at the US Open, along with Novak," he told Sportske Novosti.
"The game that Sinner has doesn't match Alcaraz and they have had very interesting matches so far. Also, if Medvedev plays well on the day, he is also a phenomenal player for me. Novak remains the only 'dinosaur' among those older ones, the rest are all young guys."
No new Big Three
Ivanisevic seconded French tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou's view that the concept of Big 3 is ridiculous.
Mouratoglou said the others must win several trophies first to belong to the Big Three, which Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer occupied for a long time.
Ivanisevic, for his part, thinks the younger guys became big years ago.
"The change of generation has been going on for six or seven years. If we look at Medvedev, [Andrey] Rublev, [Karen] Khachanov, [Denis] Shapovalov, Felix [Auger-Aliassime], Sinner, Alcaraz, [Holger] Rune... Alcaraz has been here for two years, but, let's say, Medvedev has been here for five or six years, he is 27 years old," he said.
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