Carlos Alcaraz’s bid for a third-straight title at Wimbledon came to an end at the hands of Jannik Sinner. After that four-set thriller, the Spaniard said it’s always a bad feeling losing matches, but it’s even worse when it comes to losing a final. But having said that, Alcaraz said he’s proud of his performance throughout the grass court swing and claimed, “I leave Wimbledon, the court, with my head held really high.” Following the grass court major, Alcaraz withdrew his name from the Canadian Open, stating, “It comes just too soon for me as I recover after Wimbledon.” So, after almost a month-long break, he came back to action at the 2025 Cincinnati Open.
Here, he started his campaign with a hard-fought victory against the world number 56, Damir Džumhur. But he wasn’t too pleased with his performance in that match. In his post-match interview, Carlos Alcaraz said, “I would say that I have to be better for sure.” He came back strongly in his next match against Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic. With his 6-4,6-4 win in the R32, he became the only man to win 50 or more matches in each of the last four years! It was followed by yet another dominating victory against Italy’s Luca Nardi in the R16.
He defeated the Italian by 6-1,6-4, but more than his dominance in this match, a bizarre incident during this epic battle became the talk of the town afterwards. Carlos Alcaraz was seen blatantly dismissing a request communicated to him by the chair umpire, Greg Allensworth. Seeing the umpire asking him to cover the logo on his water bottle, citing the tournament’s policies with regard to its sponsors, irked the Spaniard a bit. Alcaraz was heard saying, “So, it’s been out for two games and right now, because of that, put it and then put it out…” Hearing his complaints, the umpire told him that he was instructed to tell him to cover it because of the logo.
Carlos Alcaraz then kept on saying, “Yeah, but it wasn’t my fault. It wasn’t my fault…Why would I have to cover it if it wasn’t my fault?” Allensworth admitted that it was his fault that he didn’t catch it soon enough, but Spaniard went on adding, “I have to pay for that, you know. No, I’m not going to cover it. I’m going to put them in here now…”
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Carlos Alcaraz tuvo una ligera discusión con el juez de silla luego de que este le pidiera que guardara sus botellas de Evian
La marca que patrocina al español no es patrocinadora en Cinnati #CincyTennis
— Iván Aguilar (@ivabianconero) August 14, 2025
Carlos Alcaraz didn’t let those heated exchanges hamper his focus in the match against Nardi. He has now secured his second victory over the Italian, and Alcaraz will now face Andrey Rublev in the QF. What did the Spaniard say after the match, though?
Carlos Alcaraz shares his thoughts about his performance against Luca Nardi
The world number 2, Carlos Alcaraz, has been one of the most consistent players this season. He has already won 5 titles in 2025, and this also includes the big one at Roland Garros. After missing out on the chance at Wimbledon by a close margin, he’ll now be coming out all guns blazing at the US Open. But for that, he first needs to get some wins under his belt at the Cincinnati Open. His previous best record in this tournament was reaching the final in 2023. At that time, Novak Djokovic defeated him in three sets.
Last year, he surprisingly went out in the R32 after losing the match against Gael Monfils. But this year, he has looked quite sharp, especially in his previous two matches. After securing the victory against Nardi, Carlos Alcaraz said, “I think this match was the best so far for me in this tournament. At the beginning of the tournament, I just really wanted to get better every day, after every practice and every match. I think I’m doing it, which I’m really proud about. I’m just really happy with the way I felt the ball today and the way that I moved.”
Can he keep this winning run intact? Well, Alcaraz has a 3-1 record against Andrey Rublev, and a win in this match will take him one step closer to winning his first title in Cincy.
Other than his on-court brilliance, Carlos Alcaraz is now also closing in on another huge financial milestone, as he is close to taking his career prize money past $50 million. Currently, he has a total earnings of $47,362,248 as overall prize money, and he’ll add a few more to this after the Cincinnati Open. On top of that, Alcaraz will also get the chance to claim around $5 million at this year’s US Open. An increasingly lucrative range of sponsors tops his staggering prize money earnings, with Nike, Rolex, BMW, Babolat, and many more. He was also recently unveiled as an Evian ambassador.
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