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“How much time do we got?” McEnroe joked when asked what makes the 22-year-old from Spain so special. He first noticed Alcaraz as a rising 17-year-old and has now watched him become a six-time Grand Slam winner
“I mean, I’ve watched tennis for 50 years or longer… Of all the players I’ve ever watched, at this age, I’ve never seen a player this good and this complete for the last two or three years.”
McEnroe, the founder of John McEnroe Tennis Academy in New York, called Alcaraz “a breath of fresh air” and praised his game as a welcome contrast to the big-serve, baseline-heavy style that has dominated the ATP Tour in recent decades.
“Thank God for Carlos Alcaraz and what he’s bringing to the table,” McEnroe said. “The young kids always want to emulate the big boys. I’m hoping that they’re going to look at Carlos and what he does—how he loves to be aggressive and move forward—because we’ve lost a lot of that… But I think that’s going to change because of him.”
