{"id":10061,"date":"2025-04-11T06:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/10061\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T06:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:17:12","slug":"john-isner-and-jack-sock-both-left-very-surprised-after-hearing-what-carlos-alcaraz-has-said-recently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/10061\/","title":{"rendered":"John Isner and Jack Sock both left very surprised after hearing what Carlos Alcaraz has said recently"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carlos Alcaraz has enjoyed a stunning career so far, with further success now being eyed at the Monte-Carlo Masters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alcaraz is ashamed to have made one Monte-Carlo Masters appearance<\/a>, with injury having ruled him out of the last two editions.<\/p>\n

Holger Rune thinks Alcaraz is the best clay player<\/a> at this moment in time, with the Spaniard having won the French Open last year.<\/p>\n

It represents one of four Grand Slam titles for the 21-year-old, who has won such titles on all three surfaces.<\/p>\n

ATP Tour<\/a> number three Alcaraz<\/a> triumphed at the 2022 US Open, before winning Wimbledon in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Dan Istitene\/Getty ImagesJohn Isner surprised to hear Carlos Alcaraz speak openly about number one ranking<\/p>\n

But he remains behind both Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev in the world rankings, with his comments on the current situation really surprising former players John Isner<\/a>, Steve Johnson and Jack Sock<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Nothing Major podcast, Isner said: \u201cI want to talk about something that Carlos Alcaraz said. It might be something that Sacha Zverev was feeling as well.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Carlos Alcaraz has heard what some tennis fans have been saying about him recently which he thinks is very unfair<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe revealed the pressure to overtake Jannik Sinner as he was out for three months as number one in the world adversely affected his performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarlos\u2019s quote right here said: \u2018A lot of people were asking or telling me that I have the chance to become number one if Jannik is not playing so probably that pressure has killed me in some way\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Shi Tang\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI am surprised to hear him open up like that. I love that he is opening up about it. But as we all know, he and Alexander Zverev have not done themselves any favours during this suspension that Sinner is on right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Concurring, Johnson said: \u201cSuper surprised. More so that as athletes generally you keep that type of stuff within, just because you don\u2019t want to give yourself any ammo or any feeling of doubt that you are having.<\/p>\n\nResult<\/strong><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\nTournament<\/strong><\/td>\nSurface<\/strong><\/td>\nOpponent<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWin<\/td>\n2022<\/td>\nUS Open<\/td>\nHard<\/td>\nCasper Ruud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWin<\/td>\n2023<\/td>\nWimbledon<\/td>\nGrass<\/td>\nNovak Djokovic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWin<\/td>\n2024<\/td>\nFrench Open<\/td>\nClay<\/td>\nAlexander Zverev<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nWin<\/td>\n2024<\/td>\nWimbledon (2)<\/td>\nGrass<\/td>\nNovak Djokovic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Carlos Alcaraz Grand Slam finals<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I like the fact he does open up about it because it gives us an insight into what he has been feeling the last few months of tournaments.<\/p>\n

\u201cStruggling with his tennis and not doing so well in the Sunshine Double. I like the fact he is opening up and I think being honest about what he is feeling and the pressures he is facing, which we don\u2019t often get from athletes in the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Jack Sock thinks more is at play than meets the eye with Carlos Alcaraz<\/p>\n

It definitely should be welcomed that Alcaraz is being so open, with many elite athletes in any sport often very closed off.<\/p>\n

Moreover, he deserves huge praise for being so honest at the age of just 21, with the Spanish star showing maturity well beyond his years.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> The three ATP players who could fly on clay without Rafael Nadal playing for the first time since 2002<\/a><\/p>\n

He has managed to win the Rotterdam Open in Sinner\u2019s absence, but both Alcaraz and Zverev have definitely missed an opportunity to close the gap on the Italian thus far.<\/p>\n\nRank<\/strong><\/td>\nPlayer<\/strong><\/td>\nAge<\/strong><\/td>\nPoints<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1<\/td>\nJannik Sinner<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n10,330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2<\/td>\nAlexander Zverev<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n7,645<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3<\/td>\nCarlos Alcaraz<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n6,720<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

ATP Tour top three<\/p>\n

Sharing his take on the situation, Sock commented: \u201cI think fans and people always appreciate seeing the vulnerable side of athletes and people they look up to and like to watch, so I think any info and intel about what is going on inside an athlete\u2019s mind is always going to be talked about and in the news.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am surprised a little bit as well. He and Zverev don\u2019t seem like ones who would be saying this to make up for some results they weren\u2019t expecting. I think Alcaraz, there is probably a lot more going on in the mind than people think.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz has enjoyed a stunning career so far, with further success now being eyed at the Monte-Carlo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[4294,6359,6870,6871,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-10061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","10":"tag-jack-sock","11":"tag-john-isner","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114317875174637355","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}