FOLLOW ROLAND GARROS

“Yannick's inner said it, tennis needs Carlos Alcaraz. Okay, we still got Yannick's inner, but like they elevate one another, right? Like they are greater than the sum of their parts, and he in particular as an individual elevates men's tennis so much. Like the it it's such a fatal wound to to men's tennis when he's absent.”

“He he sort of brightens every room, every match, every tournament that he's in, and this is a kind of a a stark reminder of the fragility of a big two in men's tennis, cuz you lose one of them, and suddenly the whole feel of that tournament feels different, for example, to when we used to lose one of the big three, for example, because, you know, you still had two of them.”

“Does the wording of the statement worry you? The the the uncertainty in it? The like that there isn't that see you on the grass line? Exactly. That's the bit. And I think he I think at this stage maybe he doesn't quite know the Mhm. how serious it is, you know? I think there's going to be more tests done, I'm sure.”

“Think I was just hearing Roberto Bautista Agut the other day describe Carlos Alcaraz as a being of light. Which I thought was a lovely turn of phrase, and it it feels like a light's gone out, right? When you lose Carlos Alcaraz from a tournament.”