John McEnroe and Tim Henman assessed that Carlos Alcaraz has \u201croom for improvement\u201d after the Spanish star\u2019s second round victory at the 2026 Australian Open.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a>\u00a0downed world No 102 Yannick Hanfmann 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the Australian Open<\/a> on Rod Laver Arena.<\/p>\n The world No 1 was pushed hard by his 34-year-old German opponent in an opening set that lasted just under an hour and 20 minutes as he battled back from 1-3 behind.<\/p>\n The six-time major champion, who is vying to become the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam, overcame Adam Walton 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-2 in the opening round in Melbourne.<\/p>\n Speaking on\u00a0TNT Sports after Alcaraz\u2019s win, McEnroe, a seven-time major singles champion, assessed that the 22-year-old will need to increase his level.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, he came out sort of, and wasn\u2019t clicking, Alcaraz, and Hanfmann actually had, you know, early chances to get ahead and rattle Alcaraz,\u201d said the American.<\/p>\n \u201cHe did that a little bit in the first set, and honestly, Alcaraz was lucky to win that set in a way.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz warned judgement day is coming as he is praised for making \u2018massive adjustment\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz hits out at \u2018unfair\u2019 suggestions about new coach<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cHe just didn\u2019t really play that well, of course the top guys want to save it for the second week. But you can\u2019t bank on it. But he settled in as the match went on started doing his thing a little better.<\/p>\n \u201cBut he\u2019s not gonna look at this match and be like, \u2018wow, okay, that\u2019s where I need to be\u2019, because he\u2019s definitely got some room for improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n Former world No 4 Henman also gave his verdict on Alcaraz\u2019s form so far.<\/p>\n \u201cHe can hit every shot, but sometimes he\u2019s, you know, wanting to lengthen his highlight reel with all these incredible shots and sometimes I feel like he needs to rein it in a little bit,\u201d said the Brit.<\/p>\n \u201cBut then you\u2019ve got his great rival Jannik Sinner who\u2019s saying he wants to bring a little more variation to his game \u2014 there\u2019s no doubt that he is using that drop shot a little bit more.<\/p>\n \u201cSinner is perhaps finishing a few more points at the net, so yeah, interesting contrast, but yeah, I think Alcaraz has definitely got room for improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch the Australian Open on Eurosport, TNT Sports, HBO Max and discovery+<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In the third round, Alcaraz will take on 32nd seed Corentin Moutet in what will be the first meeting between the pair.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Sabalenka & Medvedev respond to Ukrainian Australian Open star calling them \u2018dangerous people\u2019<\/a> The post John McEnroe\u2019s verdict on Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s Australian Open form as he makes \u2018lucky\u2019 comment<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John McEnroe and Tim Henman assessed that Carlos Alcaraz has \u201croom for improvement\u201d after the Spanish star\u2019s second round victory at the 2026 Australian Open. Alcaraz\u00a0downed world No 102 Yannick Hanfmann 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the Australian Open on Rod Laver Arena. The world No 1 was pushed hard by his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What did John McEnroe and Tim Henman say about Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s performance?<\/h2>\n
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