Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s shock third round exit at the 2026 Miami Open is the biggest story of the tournament so far, and it is dominating Monday\u2019s headlines from the Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n
We have news of Alcaraz\u2019s candid comments to his team during his defeat and his admission about feeling pressure, as well as Jannik Sinner\u2019s thoughts on chasing down the world No 1.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s draw, Naomi Osaka has made an honest statement about her future following her defeat.<\/p>\n
The remaining third round matches in the men\u2019s draw will be played on Monday, while the women\u2019s event has reached the fourth round.<\/p>\n
Here is our latest roundup of the biggest stories from the Miami Open.<\/p>\n
At the start of the second set of his 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 loss to Sebastian Korda in Miami on Sunday, Alcaraz suggested he lacked the belief to turn the match around as he spoke to his coaching team.<\/p>\n
The world No 1 declared he \u201ccan\u2019t do any more\u201d than losing the match by a respectable scoreline: \u201cIt\u2019s just to make it look better, a 6-3, 6-4 or 6-3, 7-5.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old Spaniard added: \u201cI can\u2019t take it anymore, I want to go home now, man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read more: Miami Open: What frustrated Carlos Alcaraz told his team during mid-match exchange<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n In his press conference, Alcaraz said he deals with more pressure than his opponents due to his world No 1 status.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not really good, to be honest. It\u2019s a bit annoying, but you have to accept it and keep going,\u201d the seven-time Grand Slam winner said.<\/p>\n Read more: Carlos Alcaraz makes \u2018annoying\u2019 confession as he reacts to shock Miami Open defeat<\/a> Alcaraz\u2019s early exit in Miami has opened the door for his rival and world No 2 Sinner to close the gap at the top of the rankings.<\/p>\n Speaking before Alcaraz\u2019s loss, Sinner \u2014 who is not defending any points until May \u2014 revealed that the world No 1 position is on his mind.<\/p>\n \u201cI know the situation where I am in regarding the points I am defending. I have zero,\u201d the Italian said. \u201cWhatever comes in, it\u2019s positive. Even if you lose next round, nothing happens. So that\u2019s good for me.<\/p>\n Read more: Jannik Sinner admits Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s world No 1 ranking is in his sights with candid comments<\/a> After a 7-5, 6-4 loss to Talia Gibson in her opening match in Miami, world No 15 Osaka raised doubts about her future in tennis.<\/p>\n The four-time Grand Slam winner said: \u201cI want to win titles \u200band I want to be the best player \u200bI \u2060can, but if I have to sacrifice having a lot of time with my daughter, I\u2019d rather not do it.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more: Naomi Osaka retirement: Could an announcement be imminent after honest comments?<\/a> 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 The post Alcaraz\u2019s blunt comments to his team and telling \u2018pressure\u2019 admission as Sinner sends world No 1 message<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s shock third round exit at the 2026 Miami Open is the biggest story of the tournament so far, and it is dominating Monday\u2019s headlines from the Hard Rock Stadium. We have news of Alcaraz\u2019s candid comments to his team during his defeat and his admission about feeling pressure, as well as Jannik Sinner\u2019s […]<\/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-1920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920","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=1920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Alcaraz makes \u2018annoying\u2019 comment about pressure<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nSinner sets his sights on world No 1<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nOsaka speaks candidly about her future<\/h2>\n
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