Carlos Alcaraz apologized on
“I apologize because my attitude yesterday was not correct and it is something that should not be done on the track,” Alcaraz wrote on inside and sometimes it’s very difficult to control myself when your heart rate is so high, I will work to make sure this doesn’t happen again.
I lost because my action was not correct and that is something that should not be done inside a track. Being human, the accumulation of nerves within your blood is very complicated to control when it is with high pulsations. Trabajaré so that we see… pic.twitter.com/YR0dRJhTxX
– Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) August 17, 2024
Alcaraz, 21, playing his first tournament since his silver medal at the Paris Olympics, was frustrated in his 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 defeat against Monfils. The four-time Grand Slam winner could no longer contain his emotions and attacked his racket.
“This had never happened before, because I could control these feelings,” Alcaraz said. “Today I couldn’t. I felt like I wasn’t playing any type of tennis. It was really frustrating for me. At some point I didn’t want to be on the court anymore.”
Afterward, Alcaraz called it “the worst match I’ve ever played in my career” and said he was turning the page and looking ahead to the US Open, which begins on August 26.
“I trained very well,” Alcaraz said. “I felt good. But I couldn’t play. I want to forget about that and try to move to New York.