Playing Nadal is 'kind of a nightmare', says Alcaraz
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Berlin: Carlos Alcaraz has admitted to being starstruck when he first faced Rafael Nadal, saying that facing the 22 time Grand Slam champion was kind...
Berlin: Carlos Alcaraz has admitted to being starstruck when he first faced Rafael Nadal, saying that facing the 22-time Grand Slam champion was "kind of a nightmare".
Speaking in Berlin on Thursday ahead of the Laver Cup, the 21-year-old Alcaraz reflected on his on-court battles with fellow Spaniard Nadal.
"It was a huge thing when I played him for the first time," said the world number three. "The other times for me were kind of a nightmare."
Alcaraz already has four Grand Slam titles, winning his first at the 2022 US Open in the same year Nadal won his most recent major at the French Open.
Nadal, 38, was set to take the court alongside Alcaraz in Berlin, but pulled out due to his continued struggles with injury.