At 17 years of age, Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is one of the hottest prospects in men’s tennis. Being from Spain, he is often compared with Rafael Nadal. His next opponent, Sascha Zverev, has often been considered the next Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal. That is something that has a huge impact on youngsters.
Zverev is currently in Acapulco and he was asked to elaborate on this issue. He replied:
“If there is one who had to deal with pressure is me, so I can understand it. Just be yourself because at the end of the day there will not be a second Rafael Nadal, a second Federer.”
Alexander Zverev in 2021
Now the world no.7, Alexander played his last match on the 3rd of March when he lost to Alexander Bublik 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Rotterdam (draw).
Currently, during this season the German owns a 5-4 match record.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia in 2021
At the moment ranked no.132, the Spaniard played his last match on the 4th of March when he lost to Marco Trungelliti 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round of the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger (draw).
Currently, during this year Carlos owns a composed 7-4 match record.
Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia have never clashed against each other.
Rafael Nadal in 2021
At the moment ranked no.3, the Spaniard played his last match on the 17th
of February when he surrendered to Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 7-5 in the quarter of the Australian Open (draw).This season Nadal has a 4-1 win-loss record.
Roger Federer in 2021
Ranked world no.6, Federer played his last match on the 11th of March when he lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili 3-6 6-1 7-5 in the quarter in Doha (draw).
Currently, during this season the Swiss has a 1-1 match record.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played each other 40 times. The head to head is 24-16 for Nadal. Previously, the last time when they squared off, Roger Federer won 7-6(3) 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London (Wimbledon) in July 2019.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.