In the 2024 Wimbledon semi-finals (July 12), Carlos Alcaraz came from behind to defeat Daniil Medvedev in four sets with scores of 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-4. The Spanish player's opponent was Novak Djokovic. In the match that followed, Novak Djokovic also easily won 3-0 against Italian player Lorenzo Musetti. Notably, this is the second consecutive year Carlos Alcaraz has met Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.
After reaching the final, Carlos Alcaraz was interviewed in front of tens of thousands of England fans at Centre Court. The Spaniard surprisingly predicted the result of the EURO 2024 final between England and Spain.
“It will be a really great day for the Spanish people. They will probably have two absolute joys in the EURO final in Germany and the Wimbledon final in England,” Carlos Alcaraz declared.
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Immediately after Carlos Alcaraz's statement, tens of thousands of English fans present at Centre Court quickly booed and criticized. Carlos Alcaraz laughed loudly at the ridicule and then... retracted his statement. Carlos Alcaraz affirmed that he did not actually say Spain would win.
Carlos Alcaraz continued: “I’m not saying Spain will win, I’m just saying it’s going to be a really fun day. It’s going to be a really tough game for both Spain and England.”
Carlos Alcaraz had to withdraw his prediction after being booed by English fans.
Carlos Alcaraz is 21 years old this year and has won 14 ATP Tour singles titles. Notably, there are 3 Grand Slam tournaments: US Open 2022, Wimbledon 2023, French Open 2024 along with 5 Masters 1000 titles. With the US Open championship in September 2022, Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest male tennis player to be ranked No. 1 in the world in history, at only 19 years, 4 months and 6 days. Carlos Alcaraz is expected to follow in the footsteps of Rafael Nadal, bringing success to Spanish tennis.
Carlos Alcaraz is not only talented in tennis, but is also known as one of the most enthusiastic fans of the Spanish team. Despite being busy playing at Wimbledon, Carlos Alcaraz still takes time to watch live matches of “La Roja” at EURO 2024.
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Carlos Alcaraz shared: “Football gives me joy, especially when I am immersed in that passionate atmosphere with my friends. I can’t wait. I want to see how my friends are playing, even though I have already been informed of the match result.”
Carlos Alcaraz (white shirt) is very close to the Spanish players.
More specifically, Carlos Alcaraz also said that he is a close friend of Alvaro Morata - the captain of the Spanish team. Besides Morata, Carlos Alcaraz also often chats with other Spanish players such as Dani Carvajal, Joselu, Jesus Navas. In 2023, Carlos Alcaraz was noticed when traveling with Alvaro Morata, Lucas Vazquez, Sergio Reguilon and Alvaro Medran in Ibiza (Valencia - Spain).
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