Roger Federer has naturally been headlining the media drive ahead of this weekend’s Laver Cup.
Heading to Berlin for this year’s iteration, fans of the sport are set to be treated to a whole host of superstars all clashing and combining to produce some top tennis.
However, the 43-year-old has not solely been focusing on this particular event, now looking ahead to what the future holds for tennis in his absence.
Roger Federer predicts Carlos Alcaraz’s Australian Open hopes
Speaking on The AO Show, the Swiss superstar was enlisted in an effort to preview his event, the Laver Cup.
With a really star-studded lineup for Team Europe this year, the hope is that they can reclaim the title back from Team World, and their efforts will certainly be spearheaded by Carlos Alcaraz.
And, when chatting about the Spaniard, Roger Federer predicted how he might perform in the next Grand Slam, the 2025 Australian Open.
He noted: ‘Of course he can. If you win all the other different majors, you can win Australian. Especially in Australia, I think he will be physically perfectly prepared.
‘It’s not like Wimbledon where maybe you have to skip the French Open if you want to give yourself the best chance or if clay is not your best surface. He will have a really good chance of winning.
‘The big matches are played at night, which makes it a bit slower for him. I think down the road he will win an Australian Open, the question is when. He has the most incredible career already, it’s fantastic he has four slams already without talking about all the other stuff he has achieved.’
Federer admitted he had to apologise to Alcaraz first though when he sees him in Berlin, for one thing he did many years ago…
Carlos Alcaraz could make history at the 2025 Australian Open
Alcaraz has the chance, should he win the very next Australian Open, to cement his place in history even further.
After all, with his triumph at Roland Garros this year, he has already become the youngest-ever male player to win a Grand Slam on all three surfaces.
And, should he go on to win in Melbourne, this would mark the final major that has escaped him.
Bear in mind that he is just 21 years old.
To win the Australian Open would see him then become the youngest male in history to complete the career Grand Slam, doing so three years younger than Rafael Nadal, the current record holder.
Naturally, Steffi Graff and Serena Williams both accomplished this feat at younger ages than what Alcaraz will be should he succeed in Australia this January.
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