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Carlos Alcaraz ‘not well mentally’ as tennis star delivers alarming verdict after shock US Open defeat

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August 30, 2024

Carlos Alcaraz 'not well mentally' as tennis star delivers alarming verdict after shock US Open defeat

Carlos Alcaraz has revealed he looks like he is ‘not nicely mentally’ after his shock defeat to Botic Van de Zandschulp on the US Open on Friday morning.

The Wimbledon and French Open champion went into the showdown broadly anticipated to blow his opponent away and advance to the third spherical of the competitors.

However Alcaraz, who gained the event in 2022, was surprised by Van de Zandschulp – with the Dutchman successful 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 to undergo.

Talking after his defeat, Alcaraz was in a dejected temper.

Carlos Alcaraz has revealed he looks like he is ‘not nicely mentally’ after his shock defeat to Botic Van de Zandschulp on the US Open on Friday morning

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The Spaniard admitted to struggling along with his thoughts throughout the conflict, whereas additionally revealing he feels ‘not nicely mentally’ after his hopes of successful one other Grand Slam went up in smoke.

“The reality is that what I really feel proper now could be that as a substitute of taking steps ahead, I’ve taken steps again by way of my head and I do not perceive why,” he mentioned.

“As a result of I got here from a spectacular summer season, from Roland Garros, from Wimbledon, popping out of there saying that mentally I had taken a step ahead, like I had realised that to win massive issues or Grand Slams you needed to be mentally powerful. I come to this tour and it’s like I’ve taken steps again.

“It’s like I’m not nicely mentally. I’m not nicely, I’m not robust.

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“Among the many issues I’ve is that I don’t know the right way to management myself, I don’t know the right way to handle it and that’s an issue for me, actually.”

Alcaraz has had a busy summer season.

He gained the French Open in June earlier than continuing to thrash Novak Djokovic within the remaining of Wimbledon the next month.

Alcaraz additionally took half within the Paris Olympics, with the 21-year-old settling for silver after being overwhelmed by Djokovic in France.

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The tennis star feels his busy schedule has taken a toll, including: “I’ve to see what precisely occurred or what precisely is going on to me.

“The reality is that it has been a really emotional summer season, very demanding as I mentioned. The tennis calendar may be very tight, issues are tremendous tight.

“I’ve had my moments of disconnection. However nicely, I feel that I’m nonetheless attending to know myself and possibly as an individual I want extra time.

“I’ve to get to know myself.”

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Carlos Alcaraz congratulated Botic Van de Zandschulp after being dumped out of the US Open on Friday morning

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Alcaraz did, nevertheless, present a contact of sophistication by congratulating Van de Zandschulp on his win.

“I don’t know what to say proper now,” he mentioned.

“Initially, I feel he performed nice. He performed actually good tennis. I believed he was going to provide me extra factors, I’ll say extra free factors.

“He didn’t make lots of errors that I believed he was going to do. So I used to be confused slightly bit.

Carlos Alcaraz feels a busy summer season has taken a toll on him after his defeat on the US Open

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“I didn’t know the right way to handle that, the right way to take care of it. I couldn’t improve my degree.

“I feel my degree stayed on the similar level all of the match, and it wasn’t sufficient to win the match or to provide myself the prospect to get into the match or attempt to give myself probabilities. So what can I say?”