Alcaraz issues apology after Cincinnati outburst

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a has issued a public apology for his rare show of frustration during his opening-round loss at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview'Cincinnati Open/a Friday./p

pThe World No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings broke his racquet after repeatedly smashing it into the court early in the third set of his surprise loss to French veteran a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael-monfils/mc65/overview'Gael Monfils/a./p

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pThe 21-year-old took to social media on Saturday to reflect on his behaviour./p

p"I apologise because my attitude yesterday was not correct and it is something that should not be done on the track," Alcaraz wrote on X. "I am human, I had a lot of nerves inside and sometimes it is very difficult to control yourself when your heart rate is so high. I will work so that it does not happen again. Time to think about NYC!"/p

blockquote class="twitter-tweet"p lang="es" dir="ltr"Pido perdón porque mi actitud de ayer no fue correcta y es algo que no debería hacerse dentro de una pista. Soy humano, tenía acumulación de nervios dentro y a veces es muy complicado controlarse cuando estás con las pulsaciones tan altas. Trabajaré para que no vuelva a… a href="https://t.co/YR0dRJhTxX"pic.twitter.com/YR0dRJhTxX/a/pmdash; a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a (@carlosalcaraz) a href="https://twitter.com/carlosalcaraz/status/1824808754644156716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"August 17, 2024/a/blockquote script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"/script

pAlcaraz is 38-8 on the season, having won three titles including majors at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a. The Spaniard will next head to New York, where he competes at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a. He is looking for a big result to boost his chances of qualifying for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a (10-17 November) in Turin./p

pAlcaraz leads Monfils 2-1 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series./p

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