The incredible gesture of sportsmanship by Alcaraz that left Shelton speechless

Carlos Alcaraz has shown on several occasions to have a spirit of fair play and spectacular sportsmanship, but what he did in the first game of the second set during his match against Ben Shelton in the 2025 Roland Garros round of 16, reaches a higher level. The Spaniard rushed to volley a ball that was difficult on his backhand side and had the reflex to release the racket. The ball went in, and the point was his, but at that same moment, he was heading towards the chair umpire to tell him that the impact of his racket with the ball occurred after he had released the racket, something not allowed in the rules. Shelton couldn't believe it.

Too much class from Carlitos, who gave the point to Ben Shelton after telling the chair umpire he did not have his racket in his hand when contact was made with the ball 👏#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/ctCh7Lrrmq

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 1, 2025

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, El increíble gesto de deportividad por parte de Alcaraz que dejó boquiabierto a Shelton