Clay, grass, clay: the surface transition never really seen in tennis, until a succession of two Grand Slam tournaments and one Olympic Games in 2024.
With two events complete and one almost done, Carlos Alcaraz is handling business, and the rest of the field don’t have an answer.
After beating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime soundly at the French Open a couple of months ago, the 21-year-old Spaniard and French Open and Wimbledon champion dismantled his opponent in the 2024 Paris Olympic semifinals, winning 6-1, 6-1. As that medal of mythic import gets closer, in a sport in which it is not the pinnacle, Alcaraz has already held three of the four Grand
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