Carlos Alcaraz’s partying confession causes stir as he is given strong Grand Slam warning
Carlos Alcaraz’s admission that he went partying before his 2023 Wimbledon title run has resulted in a lecture from fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut.
The 21-year-old Alcaraz has been setting the tennis world alight since his teens as he won his maiden Grand Slam at the age of 19 at the 2022 US Open and also became the youngest world No 1 in the process.
Needless to say, the expectations are sky high whenever he enters one of the big tournaments, but he followed up his maiden Grand Slam with some setbacks as he missed the 2023 Australian Open due to injury and then lost in the semi-final of the French Open.
After his Roland Garros exit, Alcaraz opted to take a break and in the recently released Netflix three-part series “Carlos Alcaraz, My Way” he revealed he partied “hard” in Ibiza despite his agent Albert Molina advising him not to go.
“I ended up going and they know what I’m going there to do,” the youngster said. “In Ibiza, I’m not going to lie, it’s pretty much all about partying and going out.
“I basically went there to reventar (literally, ‘burst’), I’m not sure if that’s the best way to put it but I went there to go out.
“I really made the most of it because I knew I might not get another three days like that.”
It didn’t do him any harm as he returned to action with new mindset and ended up winning the Queen’s Club Championship and followed it up with the Wimbledon crown.
Alcaraz added: “When I got back, I won Queen’s and Wimbledon. I’m not saying I won because of the partying but those days were good for me. And I believe if things are going well, you have to keep at it. I had to do it again this year!”
There was no Roland Garros heartbreak in 2024 as he won his first crown in Paris last year and he stuck to his word as he again went to Ibiza.
Although he failed to successfully defend his Queen’s Club title as he lost early, he still managed to win back-to-back Wimbledon titles as he defeated Novak Djokovic for a second consecutive year in the final.
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His unusual approach may have had success the past two years, but veteran player Bautista Agut, has cautioned the four-time major winner against partying too hard.
“I believe that top-level tennis demands a lot. I don’t think Carlos will win Grand Slams by going to bed at seven in the morning,” he told Spanish media.
“Tennis is very demanding, though everything seems beautiful now, he is very young; he has to understand that to match the achievements of the top three, he must play at a high level for fifteen years.
“I consider him intelligent; he will surely gradually realise what it takes to reach that high level and implement it.”
