Queen’s Champion Carlos Alcaraz Makes Feelings Known on Taking Mini Holiday Before Wimbledon

Carlos Alcaraz claimed his fifth title of the season at Queen’s, the key Wimbledon tune-up event, as he eyes a third straight championship at the All England Club.

Queen’s Champion Carlos Alcaraz Makes Feelings Known on Taking Mini Holiday Before Wimbledon

Carlos Alcaraz (Image via Instagram/Carlos Alcaraz)

Carlos Alcaraz has now become only the third Spanish man to reach the four-title tally in grass-court events after Rafael Nadal and Feliciano Lopez. On Sunday (June 22), the young Spaniard beat Jiri Lehecka in three sets to lift the Queen’s Club Championships for the second time following the 2023 season.

Will he enjoy a mini vacation next or start his preparation for Wimbledon? Alcaraz has often faced criticism from fans as well as from former players for going on a vacation after lackluster performances.

Critics judged him for vacationing in Cancun with his family after his shocking opening-round exit at this year’s Miami Open. Alcaraz has often criticized the hectic 11-month calendar and the fact that there is not so much gap between tournaments.

Hopefully, but as I said, I am a player who needs days, free days, days to enjoy, days for myself, to spend with my friends, with my family, just to disconnect. I need that, and the good thing is I know it.

Carlos Alcaraz said at the press conference

He visits Ibiza to rest and enjoy his time away from tennis for three days after the clay swing. The Spaniard did the same after the grueling clay season, where no man other than him tasted more success.

The days in Ibiza helped me a lot to feel like I wasn’t a tennis player, to enjoy life a bit with my friends, to have fun, to enjoy those days, and then come back to the court with more energy, and more desire to play again.

Carlos Alcaraz added

Alcaraz ended the clay swing with four titles. After his Miami Open exit and the vacation in Cancun, he lifted the Monte Carlo Masters and reached the Barcelona Open final, but couldn’t defeat Holger Rune.

Because of an injury, he skipped the Madrid Open, and in his comeback tournament in Rome, he beat his arch-rival Jannik Sinner in the final, and later secured his fifth consecutive win over the Italian in the French Open final. Alcaraz will be entering Wimbledon as the two-time defending champion and will also aim to complete the Calendar Slam for two consecutive seasons.

CoCo Vandeweghe shares why she thinks Carlos Alcaraz is more comfortable playing on grass

Rafael Nadal is the winner of 92 singles tournaments, 63 of which were clay-court titles and 25 of which he lifted on hard courts. The 14-time French Open winner was 29 when he won his fourth and last grass-court title at the 2015 Stuttgart Open.

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Carlos Alcaraz (Image via HSBC Championships)

Carlos Alcaraz captured his fourth grass-court title at the age of 22. Former player CoCo Vandeweghe, during the Tennis Channel Live podcast, explained why she thinks Alcaraz is more comfortable than his idol on grass.

Granted, he was playing one of the best grass-court players of all time in Roger Federer. Playing Fed on grass is a tough customer. But I think Carlos on grass just has so much game and less of the technical difficulties that Rafa had.

Apart from the Stuttgart Open, the other three grass-court titles the 22-time Grand Slam champion lifted were at the 2008 Queen’s Club Championships and Wimbledon the same year. He then doubled his Wimbledon tally by winning the grass-court Major in 2010. Nadal last lifted a tour-level title at the 2022 French Open and hung up his racket last year after Spain’s Davis Cup exit in November.

At Wimbledon, Alcaraz too became a champion twice. He will be entering the third Major of the season as the two-time defending champion, having defeated Novak Djokovic in the previous two seasons. The five-time Grand Slam champion will be hoping to complete the Channel Slam for two times on the trot.

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