At just 22 years old, Carlos Alcaraz is already firmly established as one of the best tennis players in the world. He has won four Grand Slam titles and reached World No. 1, but he’s far from satisfied. Still, when it comes to how he wants to shape his professional journey, the young star isn’t always in agreement with his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero.
In the Netflix docuseries My Way, Alcaraz revealed one of his go-to ways of disconnecting from the pressure and stress of being a tennis star: heading to Ibiza with friends to unwind. “In Ibiza, I’m not gonna lie, everything is always about partying and going out. I wanted to go there and get wasted,” he admitted.
That decision, however, has led to tension with his coach, who strongly disagrees with that kind of lifestyle. “If you go to Ibiza for six days and go out every single night, by the seventh day you’ve done anything but rest… It’s great to disconnect, but some part of your head has to remember that you’re a tennis player,” said Ferrero.
Now Alcaraz has addressed the rumored controversy and responded candidly. “I’m not going to say ‘the fight,’ but the conversation we have, coach and player, we all have it,” he said, according to Tennis.com. “We all have those conversations about everything: about the tournaments, the practices, the things that I want to do that I probably don’t have to. Whoever says they don’t have it, they lie.”
Carlos Alcaraz speaking with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero
Far from avoiding those conversations, Carlos sees them as something constructive. “I think that’s the beauty, you know, having mixed feelings, mixed point of view. At the end we go in the same path. We go all together. So, I think that’s beautiful, as well,” said the Spanish player. “I think that’s what I saw in the commentary, as well.”
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Alcaraz stays clear of outside commentary
Along with the success, titles, fame, and wealth, comes immense media scrutiny—something Carlos Alcaraz has quickly learned during his young career. He tries to keep that in mind when so-called controversies arise.
“One thing that I learned was about not thinking about anything the people say to me, or not the real people, my close people, my team, my family, or my close friends,” he explained. “I’m trying just to think not about that. Yeah, I hear good things, bad things about that. So, I just want to keep in my path, keep in my own way.”
Carlos Alcaraz set to debut in Rome
After losing the final of the Barcelona Open and missing the Madrid Masters 1000 due to physical issues, Carlos Alcaraz is ready to return to competition. He’ll make his debut at the Rome Open this Friday morning, facing Dusan Lajovic in the round of 64. Should he win, the Spanish star will meet the winner between Alex Michelsen and Laslo Djere.
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