Carlos Alcaraz said that players had different opinions on the topic, but in his view ’the calendar is so tight’, adding ‘right now there are a lot of injuries.’

The four-time Grand Slam champion has played an excellent 2024 despite recent disappointments. The 21-year-old from Murcia became the youngest player ever to win the French Open and the Wimbledon Championships in the same year, demonstrating a truly amazing completeness.

Spanish tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz had a 2024 to remember—winning the French Open and Wimbledon singles titles in addition to an Olympic silver medal. However, he appeared to fade a bit as the season wore on.

Carlos Alcaraz beat American Ben Shelton 6-4 6-4 to level the score between Team Europe and Team World on the second day of the Laver Cup on Saturday.

So probably at some point a lot of good players are going to miss a lot of tournaments because of that because they have to think about their bodies, they have to take care of

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At the US Open, where Alcaraz secured his maiden Grand Slam title in 2022, he suffered a surprising second-round defeat to the 74th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp. In the 2024 Paris Olympics, he fell in a grueling gold medal match to Novak Djokovic,

"Probably they are going to kill us in some way," Alcaraz said Saturday after defeating Ben Shelton in straight sets at the Laver Cup. Alcaraz said that players had different opinions on the topic, but in his view "the calendar is so tight",

Highlights from the Laver Cup singles match between Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton which took place at the Uber Arena Berlin, Germany.

After Friday’s matches were split evenly, Team World’s Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz beat top-five opponents and Ben Shelton and Alejandro Tabilo crushed Team Europe’s Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-1,