Lower than 24 hours after having a racket-smashing mood tantrum throughout an upset loss within the second spherical of the Cincinnati Open, Carlos Alcaraz provided an apology and an evidence for his conduct.
The world’s No. 3 ranked participant stated his angle on Friday was inappropriate and unbecoming.
“I’m human, I had a variety of nerves inside and generally it is vitally tough to manage your self when your coronary heart price is so excessive,” Alcaraz said in a post made to X Saturday. “I’ll work in order that it doesn’t occur once more.”
Alcaraz struggled within the Spherical of 32 towards Frenchman Gael Monfils, finally falling 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to the Forty sixth-ranked participant on the planet. It was throughout the third set that the Spaniard misplaced his cool, bashing his racket towards the bottom and mangling it into an unrecognizable form.