{"id":247688,"date":"2025-09-23T01:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247688\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:38:10","slug":"andy-roddick-suggests-why-carlos-alcaraz-was-a-little-bit-unprepared-for-the-laver-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247688\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Roddick suggests why Carlos Alcaraz was ‘a little bit unprepared’ for the Laver Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Team Europe\u2019s title defence at the Laver Cup came to an end on the final day, when Team World\u2019s Taylor Fritz clinched the win in the decisive tie against Alexander Zverev. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The score finished 15-9 in favour of captain Andre Agassi<\/a>\u2018s side, whose victory was helped largely by a 4-0 sweep on day two of the event, which saw Fritz defeat world number one Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Alcaraz<\/a> suffered a heavy straight-sets loss to the American, falling to him for the first time at a tour-level competition, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n

Though he went on to win his next two matches at the Laver Cup<\/a>, the Spaniard\u2019s result against Fritz<\/a> left many fans shocked, but former US Open champion Andy Roddick<\/a> thinks there was a good reason for the upset.<\/p>\n

\"TaylorPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images for Laver CupAndy Roddick reacts to Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s loss to Taylor Fritz<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s level set what the last month of Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s life has looked like,\u201d said Roddick while hosting \u2018Served Live\u2019 in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we want to get crazy and super responsible with commentary, let\u2019s go back to April, where
he starts this run in Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the stat is so ridiculous. I\u2019m going to be off by one. He has made nine or ten straight finals, including a bunch of master series events, Monte Carlo Rome, I mean, it just goes on and on and on.<\/p>\n