Carlos Alcaraz finds secret of Wimbledon titles–partying arduous in Ibiza

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz smiles as he holds the winner’s trophy after beating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic all the way through their males’s singles ultimate tennis fit at the remaining day of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 16, 2023. (Photo by way of Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

LONDON– Carlos Alcaraz has lifted the lid on his secret for successful his first Wimbledon name in 2023 and protecting the name a yr later — partying arduous in Ibiza.

In a brand new Netflix documentary, “Carlos Alcaraz: My Way”, the Spaniard describes how he went in opposition to the recommendation of his staff to let his hair down at the Mediterranean island.

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“I had a friend who had a few days off, going to Ibiza with other friends,” the now four-times Grand Slam champion mentioned.

“I finished up going they usually know what I’m going there to do. In Ibiza, I’m no longer going to lie, it’s just about all about partying and going out.

“I basically went there to reventar (literally, ‘burst’ in Spanish), I’m not sure if that’s the best way to put it but I went there to go out.”

It would possibly no longer were textbook preparation for Wimbledon, and his agent Albert Molina warned in opposition to it, however Alcaraz mentioned he needed to let off steam after shedding to Novak Djokovic within the 2023 French Open semis having suffered with nerves and cramps.

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Ibiza’s tonic paid off spectacularly too, as a couple of weeks later, elderly 20, he beat the Serb within the Wimbledon ultimate.

“I tried to explain to him that it might not be the best idea to go to Ibiza for three or four days on vacation when he had Queen’s the following week and then Wimbledon,” Molina mentioned.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz conserving the winner’s trophy (L) is congratulated by way of Serbia’s Novak Djokovic as they pose for photos all the way through the priz rite on the finish in their males’s singles ultimate on the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. (Photo by way of ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP)

Alcaraz repeated the trick in 2024 with some other Ibiza shuttle prior to the grasscourt season together with his health trainer Juanjo Moreno accusing him of being egocentric.

In the documentary his trainer Juan Carlos Ferrero even questions whether or not Alcaraz has the determination required to emulate the likes of Djokovic and Rafa Nadal.

“He has a different way of understanding work and sacrifice,” Ferrero mentioned, evaluating him to Djokovic. “It’s so different that it makes me question whether he can really be the best in history.”

But Alcaraz has no regrets.

“They always want to protect me, but I’m getting older, I’m starting to make my own decisions and that’s what I want,” he mentioned. “I don’t handle myself as a lot, I spend a large number of days playing lifestyles. Maybe greater than I will have to.

“But I want to do it my way.”

Alcaraz, who shall be 22 subsequent month, is 2d seed at this week’s Madrid Masters.