Former Grand Slam winner Andy Roddick has broken down the similarities between Carlos Alcaraz and Roger Federer

Andy Roddick, the 2003 US Open champion, has broken down the differences between Carlos Alcaraz and Roger Federer on grass. Roddick believes that the tricky Spaniard resembles Federer more than his fellow countryman Rafael Nadal.

Carlos Alcaraz recently claimed the title at the Queen’s Club Championships, extending his impressive winning streak on grass and securing his fourth title on the surface at just 22 years old. This victory brings Alcaraz’s grass-court winning streak to 12 matches — a run that shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.

Alcaraz boasts a superb record on grass, holding the highest win percentage of any player with more than 20 matches on the surface during the Open Era — an impressive 90.6%. Heading into Wimbledon as the second seed, there’s little doubt that Alcaraz is the favourite for the title at SW19, especially following his recent French Open triumph and back-to-back grass-court Grand Slam victories. In terms of potential matchups, he has already defeated Novak Djokovic in two Wimbledon finals and overcame Jannik Sinner in the recent French Open final, so there appear to be no lingering threats or psychological hurdles standing in his way.

Roddick, while speaking on his podcast 'Served with Andy Roddick', outlined the aspects of Alcaraz’s game that make him well-suited to grass, drawing comparisons to Roger Federer.

"The lines that he takes from the back [of the court] are never wrong. If he wants to cut one off, it’s Roger-esque".

"Roger on his forehand never took a bad angle or a bad line — to the ball, in stride — he’s able to read the pacing, adjust his footwork, and then either transition off the forehand in, or not".

Roddick would then go on to compare the current world number two's game to former Spanish tennis star, Rafael Nadal:

"Even Rafa had to work and be a little bit more intentional about it than Carlos going from clay to grass. On clay, you have to take different angles to the ball, right?".

He reads all of that in half a second, and he is so good about his angles to the ball. You never really see that awkward grass-court out of position that you see with the rest of us chuckers, right?”.

Alcaraz will be hopeful of launching his Wimbledon campaign with a bang as he looks to secure his third consecutive Grand Slam title in London. He faces Fabio Fognini in the first round, with play beginning on Monday, June 30th.

With a favourable draw, Alcaraz will be confident in his chances of progressing deep into the tournament. Notably, key contenders such as Jannik Sinner, Jack Draper, and Novak Djokovic are all on the opposite side of the bracket, giving the accomplished Spaniard a strong path to at least the latter stages of the event.