Strong slap on the wrist from Carlos Alcaraz to the Grand Slams: “It’s too much, they’re going to have to do something”

Carlos Alcarazformer world number 1 and winner of seven majors at the age of 23, has given a strong slap on the wrist to the tournaments of grand slam by the night sessions that last until the early hours of the morning, as happened in the recent US Open with several matches, including their quarterfinal against Ben Shelton.

The Spanish tennis player, 23 years old and world No. 3, lost in five sets to the American after a 4h.28′ marathon that ended at 3:33 a.m., the latest match in the history of the New York Grand Slam.

“Finishing at 3:30 in the morning means that we have to leave the courts around 4:30 and then return to the hotel. We don’t go to bed before 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning and, when it comes time to recover for the next match, the opponent has an advantage. It’s too much. They’re going to have to do something. And I’m not talking about 3:30, but even finishing at midnight is already too late,” Alcaraz explained in Londonwhere is located to play the Laver Cup as a component of the European team.

“Many people stayed, but if that game had started at 7:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m., we would have finished at 11:00 p.m. at the latest and the court would have been full, no one would have left. Many people missed the game because of the late schedule, at what time it was,” Carlos noted.

In Wimbledondue to a neighborhood issue, the deadline to play a game is 11:00 p.m., but the Australian Open, Roland Garros and the US Openthe other three ‘big ones’, do not have an established time limit to finish the day and, if the games are prolonged, extreme cases occur that have inflamed spirits in the locker room.

Without going any further, the victory of Novak Djokovic against Lorenzo Musetti in Roland Garros 2024 ended at 3:07 in the morning in Paris. In Melbourne and New York The meetings also often last until the early hours of the morning.