{"id":43266,"date":"2025-04-23T07:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T07:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43266\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T07:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T07:40:09","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-claimed-to-be-doing-something-during-matches-which-rafael-nadal-simply-never-would-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43266\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz claimed to be doing something during matches which Rafael Nadal simply ‘never’ would right now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rennae Stubbs pointed out the biggest difference between the games of Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spanish tennis is in good hands as Alcaraz took over from the 22-time Grand Slam champion as their country\u2019s most successful active player.<\/p>\n

The pair even contested three matches against each other before teaming with one another at the 2024 Olympic Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though from different generations, Alcaraz and Nadal<\/a> will always be linked in the tennis world and they are often compared, including their style of play for example.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Christina Pahnke \u2013 sampics\/Getty ImagesRennae Stubbs says Carlos Alcaraz does something in matches she claims Rafael Nadal \u2018never\u2019 done<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> brings an intensity to the court that Rafael Nadal<\/a> was known for throughout his illustrious career.<\/p>\n

Both players have a style that couple force topspin with brutal power, and much like Nadal was for most of his career, Alcaraz is incredibly fast around the court.<\/p>\n

But during the latest of her podcast, Rennae Stubbs<\/a> has identified something which is different about Alcaraz and Nadal on court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey showed Nadal winning that tournament 12 times and I thought the difference between Carlos and Rafa \u2013 because everyone wants to compare these two Spanish greats \u2013 and Carlos is a great, because what he has achieved in his career so far is phenomenal,\u201d Stubbs explained.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Rafa would never pick the shots that Carlos does. He had an opportunity to break back in the tiebreak and he came running in and he chose a shot, which I hate, coming in on the forehand. He hit an inside in forehand on a huge point and then ran in and got passed.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is like what a shot from Rune but I was like it\u2019s the easiest shot to get in tennis is a running forehand cross court.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo those are mental decisions which someone like Rafa would not do, which is why Rafa could win the French Open 14 times. Because his discipline was through the roof.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Joan Valls\/Urbanandsport\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesCarlos Alcaraz discloses what Rafael Nadal said to him after Barcelona Open final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alcaraz was beaten by Holger Rune in the final of the Barcelona Open.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old was battling an upper leg injury suffered in the second set, and he went on to suffer a 6-7, 2-6 defeat to Rune.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard was disappointed to lose a final on home soil, but his spirits were lifted when Nadal sent Alcaraz a message of encouragement<\/a> post-match.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wrote to me,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cTo give me some encouragement, telling me he hopes that I\u2019m not injured and that in a few days I can train again and give my all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe admire Rafa for what he\u2019s done, particularly on this swing. But winning everything consecutively is kind of impossible.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd once you\u2019ve experienced it firsthand, you appreciate what Rafa did much more and how difficult it is to be 100 per cent physically and mentally week after week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rennae Stubbs pointed out the biggest difference between the games of Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal. Spanish tennis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[4294,6359,4296,24103,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-43266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","10":"tag-rafael-nadal","11":"tag-rennae-stubbs","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114386149290860066","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}