Alcaraz and the need to understand a special idiosyncrasy

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Losing matches is human, logical, and necessary, but accumulating feelings of bitterness and incomprehension with oneself with increasing frequency raises certain alarms. Carlos Alcaraz offers flashes of brilliance with decreasing frequency and decisiveness, getting lost in a sea of challenging absences that are difficult to understand. Why is the Spaniard immersed in this crisis?

It is unfair to expect a 21-year-old who has broken all kinds of precocity records to win constantly. However, if anything can be drawn from the last nine months of the Murcian player, it is that he has taken a noticeable step back, or more than one. His goal is to be one of the best in history, and he possesses qualities that only a few chosen ones in all times have possessed, so absences like those that currently characterize his career are surprising and concerning.

- Alcaraz has lost the spark that so defines his tennis in recent months

Being a genius touched by a wand entails many privileges but also brings pressures and responsibilities that are not easy to digest. What worries in Alcaraz is that he seems to have lost his way on the court. That innocence and fervor for novelty that so characterized him have given way to nerves, anxieties, and tactical uncertainties.

We are getting used to seeing a burdened Carlitos in press conferences, unable to find an explanation for the strange events marking his recent defeats. Strange attitudes, pronounced tennis fluctuations, and mental absences constitute an explosive cocktail countered by sporadic strokes of genius, but this situation cannot be prolonged any further.

- Losing matches is healthy and necessary, but the way it has been happening in recent months is worrisome

Defeats are healthy and help improve, but only when competing with courage and dedication from start to finish, leaving the court with the feeling of having left your soul and understanding that effort is non-negotiable. Many wonder how it is possible that at 18, 19, and 20 years old, he managed high-pressure competitive situations with more composure than he seems to do now, and that is an aspect that requires further work.

Despite all this, it is necessary to accept that the style and personality of Carlos Alcaraz do not guarantee, nor should they, a consistency comparable to that of the Big 3. Time passing and difficult experiences should allow the Spaniard to progress, but patience will be needed in a process as peculiar as laying foundations for a skyscraper already erected based on impressive successes. It is time to keep working on changing not so much to avoid defeats, but radically changing the way to handle them.

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