Carlos Alcaraz fires back after Nick Kyrgios claim: ‘Funny coming from him’
Carlos Alcaraz said he found Nick Kyrgios’ comments “funny” after the Australian suggested the Spaniard “might party too much” and backed Jannik Sinner to win more titles.
Sinner and Alcaraz look to set to dominate the men’s game for the coming years given their superiority over the rest of the field but both players will be eager to win as much as possible during their career.
Having already won a combined eight slams, Kyrgios was contemplating who would finish with more come the end of their careers and he plumped for the Italian.
“Who do you think’s gonna have a better career, Alcaraz or Sinner?” Kyrgios asked on the Ultimate Tennis Showdown. “I’ll tell you mine first. I’ll say Sinner, because Alcaraz likes girls.
“He might get distracted, he might party too much. That’s my only thing, whereas Sinner will stay a bit locked in, I think.”
Alcaraz though took no offence but suggested it may be a little hypocritical given who the statement was coming from.
“They’re funny comments, which coming from him, don’t surprise me,” the 22-year-old Alcaraz said. “It’s no secret that Jannik always has fewer ups and downs than me. It’s something I’ve been working on. It has nothing to do with the nightlife world.”
Kyrgios himself has not been an example of a model pro throughout his career and was most recently in the headlines afetr criticising the BBC for not picking him for their Wimbledon punditry team.
“It’s unfortunate but it’s probably their loss more than mine,” he told The Guardian. “I understand they’ve got Chris Eubanks but he hasn’t beaten the greatest of all time multiple times.
“When someone’s beaten Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic and has incredible insights, it’s very strange you wouldn’t want that person adding knowledge to tennis fans.”
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Alcaraz meanwhile is focusing on trying to win his third consecutive Wimbledon title. The Spaniard is incredible form, winning his last 21 matches, and said he was playing “really good tennis lately.”
“It wasn’t the best tennis the whole 21 matches that I’ve won. But I think I maintain myself really, really calm in the tough moments in those 21 matches that I won in a row.
“But yeah, I think I play a really good tennis lately. Really high confident right now. But yeah, as I say many, many times, I think when you approach the matches, I’m doing it in a really great way, that I’m really happy about. And during those matches I’ve saved really difficult moments.”
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