Novak Djokovic has admitted his son’s favourite tennis player is now Carlos Alcaraz instead of long-term rival Rafael Nadal. The teenage sensation’s meteoric rise in the past year has seen him win titles in Miami and Barcelona and he now sits inside the men’s top 10.
He possesses an exciting game which has clearly caught the eye of young Stefan, according to his father Djokovic. "In the last month, for my son, Nadal is no longer number one, Alcaraz is his favourite now,” the world number one said.
The seven-year-old still has love and admiration for the 21-time grand slam champion though, as he said: “He really likes both. He imitates the way they play, Nadal's forehand, and the emotion, it's beautiful." Djokovic and Alcaraz played a practice match in Madrid earlier today and wowed the crowd in attendance with their supreme athleticism and elite shot-making.
