The season is only three weeks old, and Carlos Alcaraz is already playing the most important tournament of 2025! The young Spaniard is chasing the missing Major crown at the Australian Open and a Career Grand Slam at 21!
Alcaraz reached the quarter-final in Melbourne a year agoand wants to go three steps later next week. However, Carlos does not want to mirror Jim Courier's 1993 celebration if he liftsthe crown. The American claimed the Australian Open 22 years ago and jumped into the Yarra River!
Alcaraz is not ready to do something similar, leaving that celebration to the former world no. 1. The Spaniard will add a kangaroo tattoo if he completes the Major titles, fencing it more than jumping into the river.
Carlos lost one set in three encounters in Melbourne, moving into the last 16 and arranging the clash against his good friend, Jack Draper. World no. 3 started his fourth Australian Open campaign against Alexander Shevchenko.
The favorite earned a 6-1, 7-5, 6-1 win in under two hours, dominating sets one and three and overcoming a deficit in the second. Alcaraz lost serve two times in a row in the second set, which did not cost him too much.
He secured eight breaks from 19 chances and moved over the top in straight sets. Carlos took charge in the opening set and led in the second. The Kazakh bounced back and provided two breaks in a row to open a 5-3 gap.
Alcaraz kept his composure and rattled off ten of the final 11 games, sailing over the finish line. The Spaniard toppled Yoshihito Nishioka in style in the second round, dropping five games and sailing into the third round.
Carlos Alcaraz, Australian Open 2025 Stream screenshot
Carlos started with a bagel and delivered a 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 win in just over 80 minutes. The young gun fired 14 aces and never faced a break point. He left the Japanese miles behind in the opening two sets, taking them in no time.
Alcaraz broke in the fifth game of the third set and held at 5-4 to move over the top. The Spaniard had to work harder against Nuno Borges. He beat the Portuguese 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 in just uncer three hours.
Carlos did not like how he played in sets two and three, although he never lost serve. Borges faced 13 break points and lost serve five times. Hestruggledin sets one and four and pushedthe favorite over the top. World no. 3 will face Jack Draper in the fourth round.
Alcaraz lost the previous match to Draper at Queen's last year and will try to serve revenge at Rod Laver Arena.
"I think I'm going to let Jim with that crazy thing. The tattoo is more than enough for me. I think at that time, in 1993, the people were a little bit crazier, I guess. But I'm not going to jump into the Yarra River, no," Carlos Alcaraz said.
