Carlos Alcaraz believes that a family getaway to Cancun was key in helping him back to form.
The Spaniard went on a trip with his loved ones following his Miami Open defeat to David Goffin in March, and he feels it was important to clear his head away from the court – despite the level of hate he received for going on holiday.
He said: “I had so much hate when I lost in Miami. Instead of practice after that, I took a break and I went to Cancun with my family. And I had too much hate then, because a lot of people, you know, start to say, like, ‘What’s going on with this guy that he just lost in the first round, and he didn’t practice, he didn’t go to the court and keep practicing just to be better?’
“And I think that was the key, just to have five, six days off, not grabbing a racket, not stepping on the court. Just go to vacation with my family, to turn off my mind, to think what should I have done better?”