Billie Jean King predicts Carlos Alcaraz will finish as the GOAT ahead of Big-3 if he manages to stay fit

Billie Jean King gives her views regarding the rise of Carlos Alcaraz and how he can overcome the legacy of the Big 3 in the future. 

Billie Jean King predicts Carlos Alcaraz will finish as the GOAT ahead of Big-3 if he manages to stay fit

Big 3 and Carlos Alcaraz (credits: The Economic Times)

World No. 1 Billie Jean King has given her take on new youngster Carlos Alcaraz and the heights he has reached in the last few years. The Spaniard has made an improbable success of winning two Grand Slam titles already. At the pace that Alcaraz is going, Billie Jean feels that he will surpass the three goats of this generation, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal.

King feels that the era of the Big 3 is nearly over and that tennis fans need a new hero to drool over. She also admitted that Djokovic is on his way to becoming the most successful male tennis player, which in the future can be overcome by Alcaraz. 

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Jean King said, “The men have been totally spooled with Federer and Nadal and Djokovic. Djokovic is probably going to end up as the greatest (of those three) as I think he is going to keep winning Grand Slams.”

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She gave her views regarding the youngster, saying, “Then you have Alcaraz, who I adore. I first saw him when he was 18, and I said, I will say now, he is going to be the greatest ever unless he gets hurt. He has brought the drop shot back, and in the 1980s, it used to drive me crazy that no one would use the drop shot. Bring them in. They are on the baseline.”

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Will Carlos Alcaraz be able to defend his US Open title?

Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz (Image via: vogue)

Carlos Alcaraz has been on the rise this year, from dethroning the king of grass, Novak Djokovic, thereby lifting the Wimbledon title, to his newly achieved World No. 1 recognition. He will go to the US Open as the top-seeded player yet again after Wimbledon, giving the entire tennis world a clear indication of how much and how fast the Spaniard has made his way to the top. 

Having already wrapped up a total of six titles this year, namely: the Wimbledon, the Queen’s Club Championships, the Madrid Masters, the Barcelona Open, the Indian Wells Masters, and also the Buenos Aires Open. He will be hoping to defend his US Open title, with Novak’s eyes set on the American Slam after missing the last two sessions at Flushing Meadows due to COVID protocols. 

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