‘Roger Federer is the Lionel Messi of tennis’, Carlos Alcaraz’s devotion to the Swiss | Other Sports | Sports

The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, recovered from injuries that forced him to miss the Australian Open at the beginning of 2023, heads the list of favorites for the ATP 250 tournament in Buenos Aires, the second tournament of the South American clay court tour of the men’s tour.

The current number two in the ranking, who gave up first place to Novak Djokovic after 20 weeks at the top, will begin his season in the torrid summer of Buenos Aires, with the mission of winning a contest that has historically brought various joys to Spanish tennis .

During his first days in Buenos Aires, he has had time to attend various media outlets and see how Argentines continue to live around the World Cup won in Qatar almost two months ago. Diary olé He asked him who would be for the Lionel Messi of tennis and he was clear: “Federer is the Messi of tennis because of the ease he has to play.”

In addition, he won over all the fans and the media by leaving this assessment of the Argentine number 10 in the World Cup in Qatar: “Messi was the superhero in the World Cup and practically put the entire country on his back so that Argentina could consecrate itself in Qatar”.

Alcaraz dreams of one day doing the same barbaric things that Leo does with a soccer ball and achieving great success.

In a chat with The nation, the world number two acknowledges the admiration he felt for Federer: “I loved his tennis. I loved watching him play. He was watching his highligst all day, watching games ”.

Regarding the fact of having lost the first position in the ranking, He affirmed that “I was not thinking of holding number one all year. It was clear that they were going to take it away from me. I haven’t played number two yet, so we’ll see how I feel.” (D)