Carlos Alcaraz made a brutally honest admission about how he felt mentally after his shock opening match loss to David Goffin at the 2025\u00a0Miami Open.<\/p>\n
The world No 3 was beaten 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 by 55th-ranked Goffin on the Stadium Court at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a>, who received a bye to the second round in Miami, was playing his first match since his semi-final defeat to Jack Draper at the Indian Wells Open last week.<\/p>\n It was Alcaraz\u2019s earliest exit in Miami since he lost in the first round on his debut\u00a0at the Masters 1000 tournament in 2021.<\/p>\n The Spaniard secured his maiden Masters 1000 title in Miami in 2022, while he reached the semi-finals in 2023 and the quarter-finals in 2024.<\/p>\n The four-time Grand Slam champion won his only title so far this season at the Rotterdam Open in February.<\/p>\n Asked how he felt personally after the match, Alcaraz reflected with candour on the painful loss.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know yet what the next few days will be like for me. There\u2019ll be time to analyse what happened and also to forget about it,\u201d the four-time major winner told the media (translated from Spanish).<\/p>\n How Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s Miami loss affects ATP Rankings battle with Jannik Sinner & Alexander Zverev<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz reacts to Miami Open upset loss as David Goffin reveals key to his stunning win<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI know this part of the season very well; I\u2019ve played great tennis in the past at these tournaments, but after what happened today, I don\u2019t really know what to say.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I was feeling good after Indian Wells, but now with this loss, I don\u2019t know what to say. Mentally, I\u2019m screwed, to be honest. This is a tournament where I want to do well, and losing in the first round hurts a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz, who complained to the umpire about the serve clock rule in the second set, insisted the exchange had no impact on the match.<\/p>\n \u201cNot at all, it didn\u2019t make me lose focus. I just told the chair umpire that the time rule is ridiculous. They want to make tennis a little faster, make sure it\u2019s there, but the margins are ridiculous,\u201d the 21-year-old explained.<\/p>\n \u201cI finished the point at the net and barely had time to do my routines, or even for the ball boy to do his job. You could see he was a bit confused, not really knowing what he was supposed to do.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the end, you waste a lot more time going to the towel, which is why I complained, because I feel like the time we have from the end of the point until we call for new balls is ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n On how he felt prior to the match, Alcaraz added: \u201cI felt great, I was fine, just a little nervous as usual before every match, but nothing out of the ordinary in these types of situations, nothing I hadn\u2019t felt before.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt prepared, convinced I could put on a good level of tennis, but in the end it just wasn\u2019t to be. I did everything right before the match; it wasn\u2019t a question of an injury or any other pain; I was fine before the match.<\/p>\n \u201cI did have the feeling after the first set that this match was going to be tougher than previous ones, then I started to feel a little more tired in my legs, especially at the end of the second set.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Rafael Nadal on Jannik Sinner & Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s hopes of surpassing him, Novak Djokovic & Roger Federer<\/a> The post Carlos Alcaraz opens up on mental state and addresses umpire dispute after Miami Open exit<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz made a brutally honest admission about how he felt mentally after his shock opening match loss to David Goffin at the 2025\u00a0Miami Open. The world No 3 was beaten 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 by 55th-ranked Goffin on the Stadium Court at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. 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