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Alcaraz resorts to irony after losing in the One Point Slam: "The drop shot had never failed me"

Carlos Navarro - 14 Jan 2026
Alcaraz yielded to Sakkari... and blamed his drop shot.

Carlos Alcaraz ended his participation in the One Point Slam in the round of 16, losing to Maria Sakkari. It was due to a failed drop shot, a shot that has brought the Murcian many successes. How to take this defeat? With irony and good vibes, as it could not be otherwise. "The drop shot is my shot, I don't know what happened, honestly. It has never let me down, not even in my toughest moments, but today it didn't work," he said with a smile after falling to the Greek.

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Alcaraz tira de ironía tras perder en el One Point Slam: "La dejada jamás me había fallado"