Former world No.1 Andy Murray said on Monday, on the sidelines of the ATP 250 tournament in Stuttgart where he must make his comeback on the grass, that it was unimaginable that Rafael Nadal’s record of 14 titles at Roland-Garros could one day be surpassed, or even equaled.
«To win the same Grand Slam fourteen times is simply incrediblesaid Murray. “(Carlos) Alcaraz is 19 years old, so he should win Roland-Garros every year until the age of 33 to reach 14 titles. I don’t think that can happen“, he said of the young Spaniard, in whom most observers see the successor of”Rafa».
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«Virtually no player on the circuit will have the opportunity to play 14 times at Roland-Garros, let alone win it (14 times)“, Continued the now 68th player in the world, opposed in the 1st round of the Stuttgart tournament to the Australian Christopher O’Connell, 116th in the world, out of the qualifications.
The Scot prepared on grass, his favorite surface, by participating last week in the Surbiton challenger tournament in London, where he reached the semi-finals, eliminated in three sets in the last four by the American Denis Kudla (77th worldwide).
