Carlos Alcaraz: I want to be one of the best men's tennis players in history - Players' Voice

Carlos Alcaraz is only 19, but has already set his sights on being one of tennis’ best-ever players. Alcaraz suffered with an injury at the start of the year following his Flushing Meadows win, but he says that he has drawn inspiration from the successes enjoyed by Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic after their own absences from the tour. Ad The 19-year-old is targeting further Masters 1000 and Grand Slam successes in 2023 to follow his Indian Wells crown, and he regards it as an honour to be a role model for the next generation.

Roland-GarrosExclusive: 'I'm in awe, flabbergasted' — Evert stunned by Alcaraz brilliance21 HOURS AGO Ultimately, Alcaraz wants to be spoken about in the same breath as Nadal and Djokovic, but he is intent on writing his own history as one of the best players to have played the game. — While I've been out injured, I've realised a lot of things. When you miss a huge tournament like the Australian Open, you think about what you are doing wrong.

An injury can happen to anyone, but when I analysed the situation with my team, we concluded that it is important to do the right things off the court as well as on it, and I wasn't always doing that 100%. I'm talking about rest, nutritional supplementation, eating well etc. There were a number of things that maybe I wasn't doing right.

Through the injury, I learned that I had to get back to the routine I had previously, to get back to doing all those things right to be at my best. I think because of the injury, I've been doing that now and it's no secret that, when you do things right, good results will follow. The injury has been a learning process.