How Murray predicted that Medvedev and Alcaraz will become no. 1

Players are often asked various questions about future champions or world no. 1 as Andy Murray was during an interview with ATPTour.com in Cincinnati in August 2021.

Although sometimes players briefly predict what may happen, not many did what Andy Murray did as former world number 1 correctly predicted both players that interrupted dominance of the Big Four and became the highest-ranked players in the world after the Scot's prediction.

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“Of the current ones Medvedev would be the guy I would expect to get there first. I think maybe he will need to be a little bit more consistent on the clay to get there, but I think he’s got a good chance,” Murray said.

“From the young, young ones, I think [Carlos] Alcaraz is really, really good. I think he’s got a good chance at it. I would probably say Alcaraz if I had to pick one from the young guys.”

"Tennis sometimes because of the way the schedule is, you go from one tournament to the next and you don’t often have the opportunity to enjoy great results. If you win in Canada, you’re on a flight that night to come here and if you win the tournament here, you’re straight to New York to start preparing for that event," said Murray.

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