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Carlos Alcaraz may be the best pound for pound athlete in the world

Posted on 6/6/23 at 5:57 pm
Posted by Tvilletiger
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 5:57 pm
This kid is insane. There is nothing physical he cannot do. Would love to know his forty but more important his ability to change directions. Insane tennis instincts added make him an amazing player.
I am talking about pure athletic ability. Kind of like a tennis Ronaldo.
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 6:11 pm to
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There is nothing physical he cannot do.

Win any leg of an Ironman
Posted by Boodis Man
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 6:17 pm to
op is a scumbag
Posted by TheSexecutioner
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 6:30 pm to
He is 6'1 with a muscular build. Thats not that small for anything except professional basketball.

Ronaldo is 6'2 and built out of iron. I agree its a good comparison, but both are great players in part because of their impressive size.

Sampras, Nadal, federer all 6'1 with djokavich 6'2. That seems to he the ideal height for tennis. The range of very tall, but not massive for a professional athlete. Mcenroe, bjorn, lleyton hewitt, and agassi were 5'11, which is probanly part of the reason those 4 arent as good as the first 4 with better size.

He's an awesome tennis player bc he has amazing athleticism with pretty good size for the sport. He is not messi, altuve, or chris paul who are great despite being disadvantageously undersized.
Posted by Lou Pai
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 6:32 pm to
Know it's a homer pick but I'll still take Riley Cooper of LSU (not to be confused with UF)
Posted by BabysArmHoldingApple
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2016
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:19 pm to
He looks special
Posted by glorymanutdtiger
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:24 pm to
Ever wondered why the Spanish athletes only can do that and esp when trained under Nadal's team.

Must be some kind of medical ingenuity
Posted by dukke v
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:25 pm to
The dude is a great athlete. And the scary thing about it is that he will only get better at tennis.
Posted by Tvilletiger
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:28 pm to
Yeah I guess the question will be the same as it was with Nadal as a youngster. Will his body hold up to the physical nature of his game and will he always be able to play that style. Nadal did it. His injuries were much later in his career.
Posted by Tvilletiger
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:29 pm to
Anyways. If you are a sports fan try to catch one of his next matches at the French Open. The clay makes the points so much better for the men in regards to length of point. You will see an absolute specimen of an athlete.
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 9:53 pm to
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Yeah I guess the question will be the same as it was with Nadal as a youngster. Will his body hold up to the physical nature of his game and will he always be able to play that style. Nadal did it. His injuries were much later in his career.

One reason why I don't think he'll have the legacy of Federer/Nasal/Djokovic despite the outrageous amount of talent he has at only 20 years old. He's already missed significant time with injuries. Oblique tear in Paris last year, missed the ATP Finals. Withdrew from the Australian Open with a hamstring injury, and missed Monte Carlo.
Posted by Luedog7
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 6/7/23 at 7:05 am to
What’s more impressive, especially with his serve, is he’s not 6 1, I’d be surprised if he’s 6’. Met him a couple times at the open, and was surprised he wasn’t as tall as advertised
Posted by NolaLovingClemsonFan
Member since Jan 2020
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Posted on 6/7/23 at 8:01 am to
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What’s more impressive, especially with his serve, is he’s not 6 1, I’d be surprised if he’s 6’. Met him a couple times at the open, and was surprised he wasn’t as tall as advertised


Yup, having met Rafa, Fed, and Carlos, Fed and Rafa are taller than you think, Carlos, like you said, seems shorter than advertised
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