Carlos Alcaraz reveals surprise Andy Murray meeting after Queen’s win

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Carlos Alcaraz and Andy Murray
Carlos Alcaraz and Andy Murray met up for a round of golf

Carlos Alcaraz has revealed that he met up with Andy Murray shortly after the Spaniard’s Queen’s win as the two headed for the golf course.

Just about every sports person seems to enjoy getting out on the golf course during their time away from their profession and Alcaraz and Murray would appear to be no different.

The Scot, who has recently got into the game, met up with Alcaraz for a round just a day after the latter’s latest tournament triumph.

“I played some golf,” Alcaraz replied when asked how he spent his days off between Queen’s at the start of Wimbledon on Monday.

“Actually, I play with Andy Murray on Monday and a few more players.

“[After] just went to the centre a little bit. Walk around, have good food, and just having quality time with them doing some stuff that probably I wouldn’t be able to do it while the tournament is on.”

Alcaraz was speaking just a couple of days before his defence of the Wimbledon title begins. The Spaniard could become just one of four men to have won the famous London tournament three years in a row.

Asked whether that is part of his thinking in the build-up, the 22-year-old suggested it was not and that he was trying to focus on just having a good tournament.

“I’m coming here thinking that ‘yeah, I really want to win the title. I really want to lift the trophy.’

“Not thinking about how many players have done it, you know, winning three Wimbledons in a row.

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“I’m just thinking about ‘okay, I just want to be ready and just want to prepare myself in the best way possible, just to start the tournament with a lot of confidence.’

Obviously, I feel a lot of confidence right now but just thinking about still going forward, still doing the good things to start the tournament.

“So two weeks could be really long on a Grand Slam, but right now I’m not thinking about who I could join if I win three Wimbledons in a row.

“It feels great to be back here in Wimbledon as the defending champion. Is really beautiful thinking about what happened last year. Just really excited to start the tournament. Excited about playing my first match on Monday. Let’s see how I will go.”

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