Roger Federer impresses Carlos Alcaraz with $1.75M | Sports News

Carlos Alcaraz has a long journey forward to match Roger Federer’s standing as a Rolex ambassador, regardless of his spectacular begin within the sport. The younger ace was seen spending some time with Federer at this yr’s Laver Cup, the place Team World clinched a 15-9 victory over Team Europe.

At simply 22, Alcaraz has already bagged the French Open and US Open titles this yr, bringing his Grand Slam rely to 6. Despite being the new world No. 1, he misplaced to his rival Jannik Sinner within the Wimbledon last earlier this yr, lacking out on a third consecutive win.

Federer, who’s synonymous with Wimbledon with eight of his 20 main singles titles gained at SW19, could have retired three years in the past however nonetheless holds profitable model offers, as evidenced when he let Alcaraz admire his luxurious watch.

The two had been filmed chatting during the Laver Cup, held final week on the Chase Center in San Francisco. As Federer approached Alcaraz, he flashed his dear Rolex, sparking laughter from Alcaraz.

According to Welovetennis, each athletes are sponsored by Rolex, however evidently Federer may obtain more pricey watches than his youthful peer. Federer has been a model ambassador for the Swiss watchmaker since 2001 and was noticed sporting a watch estimated to be price round $1.75 million.

Laver Cup co-founder, Federer, took a second to take away his uncommon Cosmograph Daytona Blue Sapphire watch, permitting Alcaraz to take a nearer take a look at the timepiece, full with an 18-carat white gold case and obsidian dial.

The two tennis legends crossed paths on Sunday, simply after Alcaraz’s doubles match win with Casper Rudd and earlier than his singles overcome Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo. Despite successful three out of 4 matches final week, Alcaraz could not steer Team Europe to victory.

Despite their pleasant interplay and shared sponsorship offers, Federer expressed concern that the Laver Cup and different match organizers had been inadvertently giving Alcaraz an edge.

Speaking on the Served with Andy Roddick podcast, the 44-year-old steered that the standardiZation of slower court docket speeds made upset victories in opposition to gamers like Alcaraz and Sinner much less probably.

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Federer informed Roddick, “I think that’s why we as tournament directors need to fix it,” including, “We need to have not only fast courts, but what we want to see is [Carlos] Alcaraz or [Jannik] Sinner figure it out on lightning fast and then have the same match on super slow and see how that matches up.”

He additional added: “It’s because tournament directors have allowed it with the ball speed and court speed. Every week is basically the same. That’s why you can just go from winning the French Open and Wimbledon and the US Open just playing the same way.”

While Federer highlighted an situation that he believed had benefited Alcaraz, he has been vocal about his respect for the younger star. Both Alcaraz and Sinner have effortlessly began to rule tennis after the departures of Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, with Novak Djokovic additionally approaching the twilight of his profession.

“I mean, I think we all knew that they were going to be good, that they were maybe going to be great, most likely,” Federer informed the Tennis Channel. “But we didn’t expect, I think, this kind of dominance right out of the gates. It’s really impressive, I must admit. And it’s amazing for the game. I think that they play back-to-back-to-back-to-back finals against each other with French, Wimby, Cincy, US.”