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                           Sam Cooper                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"21 Feb 2026 4:00 PM\" data-ps-date=\"21 Feb 2026 4:00 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1771689648\"><br \/>\n                            21 Feb 2026 4:00 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-insists-not-copying-big-three-ahead-of-doha-open-final\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Ftennis-news%2Fcarlos-alcaraz-insists-not-copying-big-three-ahead-of-doha-open-final\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" 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class=\"aspect-h-9 aspect-w-16 relative\">\n                                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Carlos-Alcaraz-AO-SF-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Carlos Alcaraz reacts during a match.\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                ATP Tour star Carlos Alcaraz reacts during a match                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Ahead of the Doha Open final, Carlos Alcaraz has insisted he has not \u201ccopied\u201d any of the Big Three as comparisons between himself and the legends of the sport continue.<\/p>\n<p>As Alcaraz\u2019s success continues, his comparison to the Big Three of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic will only grow but he is insistent that while he may have copied other styles when he was learning the game, he is his own man and \u201csimply Carlos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my style, that\u2019s who I am, that\u2019s how I grew up. Obviously, I admired Roger and Rafa when I was younger, I tried to imitate their things,\u201d he said after his semi-final victory over Andrey Rublev.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as you get older, you just try to define yourself, define your type of tennis. I think that\u2019s what I did. At a certain point, I knew what my style was and I started practicing it. Now it\u2019s something natural, it comes naturally to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t imitated anyone in this sport, but, you know, people have talked about it because, with the \u2018Big Three,\u2019 there are probably a lot of players, or right now you can look at all the players and think, \u2018Okay, this serve is his, this serve is that one\u2019s.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong> MORE ON ALCARAZ ON T365<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-atp-time-rule-argument-umpire-qatar-open\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz lambasts \u2018absurd\u2019 rule after umpire argument at Qatar Open<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/how-jannik-sinner-qatar-open-loss-affects-carlos-alcaraz-world-no-1-chase\"><strong>How Jannik Sinner\u2019s Qatar Open loss affects hopes of catching world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think everyone has their own style and nobody has copied anyone in this sport. For me, it\u2019s simply Carlos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One thing that Alcaraz is trying to copy is each of the Big Three\u2019s most weeks at No.1. He is currently on 59 while Sinner is ahead on 66.<\/p>\n<p>On reaching his rival, Alcaraz said it would be a \u201cfantastic number\u201d and that his goal was always to reach the final of every tournament he plays in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a fantastic number, obviously. My goal is simply to stay on top for as many weeks as I can and to reach, or try to reach, the final of every tournament. I\u2019m very happy to have achieved that in the last tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/atp-dubai-championships-draw-draper-auger-aliassime-tsitsipas-medvedev\">ATP Dubai Championships Draw: Tsitsipas gets brutal opener as Draper, Auger-Aliassime, Medvedev learn fate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz insists \u2018not copying Big Three\u2019 ahead of Doha Open final Sam Cooper 21 Feb 2026 4:00 PM ATP Tour star Carlos Alcaraz reacts during a match Ahead of the Doha Open final, Carlos Alcaraz has insisted he has not \u201ccopied\u201d any of the Big Three as comparisons between himself and the legends of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1784680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1784680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1784680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1784680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1784680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}