Former tennis great believes Carlos Alcaraz will be the best ever on grass

At just 21, Alcaraz has already claimed two Wimbledon titles, securing back-to-back victories over seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in the finals, and also winning the prestigious Queen's Club Championship last year.

In only three full grass-court seasons, the young Spaniard boasts an impressive 24-3 (89%) win-loss record on the surface. Though still early in his career, this record already compares favorably with some of the greatest grass-court players in history.

And Cash, who lifted the Wimbledon trophy in 1987, believes Alcaraz is already in the conversation for the best grass-court player of all time.

"He hasn't got a weakness. I almost think he is one of the best... the best player I have ever seen on grass at his best," he said.

"Because he is a young guy, he has taken the best of Rafa, the best of Federer and he has been able to adapt that. Without these great players, he wouldn't have had that, and he admits that. He said without Rafa 'I wouldn't be where I am', but he has just taken the best of everything and somehow at the age of 21 has put it all together.

"I have never seen anything like that."

British player Liam Broady was alongside Pat Cash in the studio when the bold claim was made, and while the 30-year-old is clearly impressed by Alcaraz's talents, he stopped short of calling him the greatest just yet.

"I understand what you are saying [though]. He has the sheer power that Rafa had, but he has the lightness to his game and that sort of aura that Fed had," he said. "He's like a ballet dancer but with that ability to shift like only Rafa could.

"He is probably one of the few players in the sport who can take your breath away with some of the shots that he hits and you think 'how has he even done that'.

"He is a player who can not only do it once in a tournament, he can do it four or five times in a match."

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