“But he is the most relaxed person I’ve ever seen beside of Roger before a Slam final,” said Andy Roddick of Jannik Sinner . But when it comes to on-court action, Carlos Alcaraz usually steals the spotlight for being an analogue of Federer. You do remember what Andre Agassi said about him, right? “Alcaraz defends like Novak [Djokovic], has power and spin like [Rafael] Nadal, and has hands and finesse like Federer.” And at the end of the 2025 US Open final, even Roddick saw a glimpse of Federer in the 22-year-old.

During a conversation with Jon Wertheim on his podcast, Served With Andy Roddick , the former US Open champ opened up about his views on Alcaraz’s performance at the US Open final. He said , “I’m there in person and he was unleashing on the ball.

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