It is no exaggeration to say that Carlos Alcaraz is facing a crisis. His results in the first three months of 2025 have fallen short of expectations, and the young Spanish ace needs to start questioning himself, because he seems to have lost that brilliance that had made fans around the world fall in love with him.
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Since his top rival Jannik Sinner has risen to the top of the ATP ranking, the 21-year-old from Murcia has begun to feel more pressure, and this has also been reflected in his performance. It is true that Carlitos became the youngest ever to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same season in 2024, but he has not shown his best version since the Paris Olympics (if we exclude the 2024 Beijing ATP 500 final against Sinner of all people).
The former world No.1 has worked hard on specific aspects of his game during the off-season and his two coaches - Juan Carlos Ferrero and Samuel Lopez - were very confident of his progress, but the 4-time Grand Slam champion has reaped more disappointment than joy in 2025 so far.
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What's next for Carlitos?
Although he won the title in Rotterdam in February lifting his first ATP trophy in indoor conditions, Carlos has also suffered too many defeats against players inferior to him.
After being beaten by Jack Draper in the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters 1000, the world number 3 suffered a shocking elimination against David Goffin in the second round of the Miami Open yesterday.
The 2022 edition champion played a fairly disastrous match with lots of unforced errors, allowing the Belgian to pull off a memorable victory despite losing the first set.
Because of this surprising loss in Florida, Alcaraz definitely lost any chance of overtaking Sinner in the ATP ranking before his return.
In addition, some experts and insiders claim that his relationship with Juan Carlos Ferrero would have entered a bit of a crisis and that the situation could get worse if Carlitos does not manage to turn things around very soon.
