Andy Roddick was part of an expert broadcast team for the Netflix Slam which was won by Carlos Alcaraz and he had some high expectations when it came to the rising Spaniard and the remainder of his career.
Alcaraz defeated Rafael Nadal narrowly in Las Vegas and Roddick despite others having recent criticism of Alcaraz said that he sees no ceiling for the Spaniard and that the scope is there in his mind for him to win a similar amount of majors to greats such as Andre Agassi and John McEnroe. The former he commentated with in Las Vegas.
“It was obvious from when he came and won his first Major at the US Open, which we’re going to see here. Won a bunch of five-set night matches, down a match point, somehow negotiates his way through that draw and takes it,” he said.
“And this is the one [Wimbledon 2023 winning moment] that put him on an absolute global stage. Taking out the king, Novak, in his own backyard at Wimbledon in five sets. Just an unreal effort. You feel like he’s just getting started and it’s like he won two Slams just for practice. I can’t wait to see the rest of his career,” he added.
“I don’t think there is one for him [a ceiling]. The Big 3 have renegotiated what a ceiling looks like. Before he even won a Slam, people were asking me, ‘Is he going to win 10?’ That’s a little ridiculous when you have names like Agassi, McEnroe, and Connors, who won 8-7,” he said.
“But I think he’s going to be in that range for sure, as bottom. And I think he has the potential to maybe get double digits. Listen, we have to reset our expectations a little bit,” he added.