The 37-year-old is the most successful clay-court player of all time, having won 14 trophies at Roland Garros.

The new kid on the block, Alcaraz, triumphed in his first Roland Garros tournament last month and then successfully defended his Wimbledon championship.

Following his crushing of Novak Djokovic in the most recent grand slam final he participated in, Rafael Nadal offered some words of wisdom to the 21-year-old.

Rafael Nadal thinks Carlos Alcaraz has an advantage over him

During his playing career, Rafael Nadal faced off against Roger Federer on numerous occasions, while Novak Djokovic was also a rising star.

Nevertheless, the Spaniard has won 22 Grand Slam championships and has captured each of the four once.

He now has the opportunity to add another gold medal to the one he won in 2008, and he would also like to win a doubles gold.

As Alcaraz’s career develops, Nadal believes he may discover something a little bit different—a luxury neither he nor Federer had.

“I think we are talking about a player who is going to be one of the best in history,” he said on Tennisportalen TV. That’s how I feel. He’s a player with a great deal of promise. The fact is that things in life can change drastically and very rapidly, and you never know what can occur.

But in the modern era, we can forecast incredible things if we have to guess what will happen to his career. Of course, Sinner is there, and his level of tennis is really strong, but I believe he will dominate the remainder of today against Sinner. There don’t seem to be many players on the tour who can stop him.

The best thing he possesses, in my opinion, is that he will always be the favorite in each competition he participates in. That’s something that most likely never occurred in my generation. On clay, I was definitely the favorite, but Roger was the best on grass, and Novak and Roger were the best on hard.

However, no player was the clear favorite going into any given tournament. I believe he has that right now. That’s a significant benefit.

What Nadal said about playing in the Olympics with Alcaraz

When the doubles in Paris begin, this will be the most interesting team in the entire competition.

The ability to display tremendous bravery and drive on the court is only one of the many traits that the two athletes have in common.

Nadal was obviously thrilled to hear that he and the other player will be playing together at the Olympics back in April.

“Carlos doesn’t have to ask me anything, all going well, we’re going to play,” he said to Eurosport. For me, it’s quite exciting. Building a relationship and playing on the court would be fantastic.

The tournament draw won’t be far off, and most other pairings traveling to Paris will be hoping they don’t get drawn with Rafael Nadal and Alberto Moreno in the first round.

Nadal makes great point about Alcaraz in the future

Alcaraz has won four major championships, so it’s hard to predict who will challenge him in the future.

The only players in the current top 10 world rankings who have won a grand slam are Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, and Novak Djokovic. The other players need to pull together.

It’s an exciting moment for the Spaniard to be starting his career, and Alcaraz is destined to dominate for years to come.