Alcaraz, Cobolli show off football skills to Bundesliga coaches in Berlin

p a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a may be in Berlin this week primarily to play tennis, but that didnrsquo;t stop the ATP Tour stars from testing their football skills with some local experts on Wednesday afternoon. /p

p Ahead of the 2024 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a in the German capital, Team Europersquo;s Alcaraz and Cobolli challenged members of Bundesliga team FC Union Berlin to a game of football and tennis at Uber Arena. Both tennis stars are big football fans: Alcaraz supports Spanish giant Real Madrid, while Italyrsquo;s Cobolli is a huge fan of AS Roma. /p

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p Alcaraz and Cobolli also visited Berlinrsquo;s renowned East Side Gallery in its historic Friedrichshain district, where they swapped football jerseys and Team Europe jackets with their footballing counterparts. The representatives from FC Union Berlin included Head Coach Bo Svensson and co-trainers Babak Keyhanfar and Tijan Njie. /p

p The No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings, 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 champion Alcaraz is the only a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a debutant on Team Europersquo;s six-man roster at this yearrsquo;s edition of the teamsrsquo; event. Cobolli is in Berlin as an alternate for captain a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/bjorn-borg/b058/overview'Bjorn Borg/arsquo;s team, which will take on the Team World roster captained by a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-mcenroe/m047/overview'John McEnroe/a. /p

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