Tennis great Justine Henin has proclaimed that Carlos Alcaraz \u201cwill benefit\u201d from his shock defeat to Sebastian Korda at the 2026 Miami Open.<\/p>\n
World No 1 Alcaraz<\/a> was upset 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 by 36th-ranked Korda in the third round of the Masters 1000 tournament at the Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old Spaniard was on the brink of a straight-set defeat when trailing 3-6, 3-5, but he broke the 25-year-old American twice to force a decider.<\/p>\n Korda responded strongly in the third set as he broke Alcaraz in the seventh game en route to sealing his first-ever victory against a world No 1.<\/p>\n Alcaraz had won his previous three meetings with Korda without dropping a set after he lost to the American in their first encounter at the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters.<\/p>\n After winning his first 16 matches of 2026, Alcaraz has now lost two of his last three matches, having fallen to Daniil Medvedev in the Indian Wells semi-finals before beating Joao Fonseca in his opener in Miami.<\/p>\n Miami Open: What frustrated Carlos Alcaraz told his team during mid-match exchange<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz shocker at Miami Open could have a huge impact on battle for world No 1 ranking<\/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 Speaking to Eurosport France, former world No 1 Henin praised Korda and assessed that Alcaraz\u2019s defeat is a reminder that both he and Jannik Sinner are \u201csimply human.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cRight off the bat, we have to acknowledge Korda\u2019s biggest win of his career,\u201d said the Belgian, who won seven major titles.<\/p>\n \u201cPlayers are more or less overshadowed all year when they play Alcaraz and Sinner. And even when they beat them, we question them. They\u2019re simply human.<\/p>\n \u201cThis tour is tough. Alcaraz will benefit from it. This might be our chance to see him in Monte Carlo. Last year, that was the case.<\/p>\n \u201cIn any event, this victory will mean much more to Korda than this defeat will mean to Alcaraz, even though he hates losing and came to Miami for something bigger.<\/p>\n \u201cHe hasn\u2019t lost any of his magic just because he\u2019s had two tougher tournaments. He lacked a bit of energy, a bit of stamina, which is perfectly understandable when you see what he\u2019s accomplished over the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Carlos Alcaraz makes \u2018annoying\u2019 confession as he reacts to shock Miami Open defeat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Carlos Alcaraz \u2018will benefit\u2019 from shock Miami Open loss as tennis icon issues \u2018simply human\u2019 verdict<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tennis great Justine Henin has proclaimed that Carlos Alcaraz \u201cwill benefit\u201d from his shock defeat to Sebastian Korda at the 2026 Miami Open. World No 1 Alcaraz was upset 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 by 36th-ranked Korda in the third round of the Masters 1000 tournament at the Hard Rock Stadium. The 22-year-old Spaniard was on the […]<\/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-1921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921","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=1921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Miami Open News<\/h2>\n
What did Justine Henin say about Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s Miami Open defeat?<\/h2>\n