Andy Roddick reveals what him and Andre Agassi were both saying about Carlos Alcaraz in conversation recently

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Andy Roddick revealed a conversation he had with Andre Agassi about Carlos Alcaraz.

Over the last two years the Spaniard has electrified tennis courts all over the world with his supreme shotmaking and impressive court coverage.

He has already claimed two Grand Slams, sits inside the world’s top three and is hungry for more success.

Many have described Alcaraz’s playing style as having elements from the games of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, which Roddick discussed with his fellow tennis legend.

Andy Roddick discusses Carlos Alcaraz’s game with Andre Agassi

During an appearance on the French Connection podcast with Rennae Stubbs and Sam Querrey, Roddick opened up on his conversation with Agassi.

This took place while they were in Las Vegas for the Netflix Slam in March, where Alcaraz played Nadal in an exhibition match.

After analysing the 21-year-old’s game the 2003 US Open champion believes he needs to adopt a quality possessed by Djokovic to further develop as a player.

“I was with Agassi at the event we did in Vegas when Alcaraz played Nadal and we came to this consensus that the problem with having all the options is that it takes time to learn when to use all the options,” Roddick said.

“With Alcaraz it’s like he’s this combination of Roger, Rafa and Novak and I think the more he develops into Novak, where he can just lock you down, punch that back hand, get the ball flight down, not feel like he has to be phenomenal every point he wins

“It’s going to be worse for us as fans because it’s so much fun to watch, but I feel like once he gets that base level and trusts that he can play badly and win matches, that’s when he’ll go to another level.”

Carlos Alcaraz comes through a tough second round match at Roland Garros

Alcaraz is through to the third round of the French Open but he was made to work very hard. Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong made the most of his time on court Philippe-Chatrier as he played fearless tennis which the third seed struggled to contend at times.

He did manage to weather the storm and claim a 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 win under the roof on Roland Garros’ centre court.

“It was up and down,” said Alcaraz, who plays Sebastian Korda next. “I played good tennis the first and second sets and then I was ­struggling a little bit.

“He dominated most of the points in the third set. Then in the fourth set I had to fight. I got to overcome the problems that I had most of the time with my serve. But really happy I could get the win in a good way at the end.”