Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz's alarming exchange with coach at Miami Open caught on camera
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express.co.uk
A worrying video of Carlos Alcaraz shouting "I can't take it anymore" at the Miami Open has emerged after his exit in Florida. The world No1 suffered his second defeat in three matches when he was beaten by Sebastian Korda.
Not long after Korda broke Alcaraz's serve towards the end of the first set, the Spaniard turned to his coaching team and started shouting. He yelled: “It’s just to make it look better, a 6-3, 6-4 or 6-3, 7-5, something like that. I can’t do any more, I can’t do any more."
While the Spaniard gesticulated and threw his arms out wide, his team tried to motivate him and refocus his mind by shouting back: “Come on, go all the way.”
Alcaraz then appeared to suggest he was giving up, shouting back: “I can’t take it anymore, I want to go home now, man. I can’t take it anymore, I can’t take it anymore, I can’t take it anymore.”
Despite his tirade, Alcaraz did not give up. He raised his game in the second set and levelled the match, but came up short in the key moments of the decider. For Korda, it was one of the biggest triumphs of his career so far and this was evident in his joyous reaction to winning.
After the match, Alcaraz said: “I think it was a tough match. I think Sebi was incredible today. Played such a great game. A lot of tight, tight moments that I just didn’t make the most of it.
“I think he was better on that points, on that moments. I would say that was the key of the match. So just congrats to him. I think he deserves it.”
The Spaniard added: "Obviously when you're winning tournaments and you have a great win-loss record, I'm feeling they have more to win than to lose in those matches.
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“That's why in some moments or during almost the whole match they're playing without pressure. That's the feeling that I get after every match.”