Carlos Alcaraz has criticised the lack of privacy for players at tournaments as he called for \u201cspaces where we can be alone without being filmed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The world No 1 was speaking at the 2026 Monte Carlo Masters, where he is the reigning champion having won the prestigious clay-court event for the first time last year.<\/p>\n
Coco Gauff raised the topic of player privacy in January after Australian Open cameras showed her breaking a racket in a corridor after her quarter-final loss to Elina Svitolina.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried to go somewhere where they wouldn\u2019t broadcast it, but obviously they did,\u201d said the American star.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo maybe some conversations can be had because I feel like at this tournament the only private place we have is the locker room.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his pre-tournament press conference in Monte Carlo, Alcaraz<\/a> was asked about the increasing prominence of cameras at tournaments.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the fans, it\u2019s great. They love seeing what goes on behind the scenes, what we do, what the facilities inside the tournaments look like,\u201d said the seven-time Grand Slam winner.<\/p>\n Monte Carlo Masters: Carlos Alcaraz makes \u2018surprise\u2019 Jannik Sinner admission<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner set to be crowned as world No 1 \u2013 here\u2019s why Carlos Alcaraz can\u2019t stop him<\/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 \u201cBut for the players, it\u2019s a bit strange, because we don\u2019t really have anywhere to relax anymore, because we\u2019re constantly thinking there are cameras and that everyone is watching us.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving cameras so close, able to see what we\u2019re watching on our phones, I think that\u2019s too much.<\/p>\n \u201cWe already don\u2019t have much privacy in tournaments, and I think this is too much. We should have spaces where we can be alone without being filmed.\u201d<\/p>\n The 22-year-old Spaniard also spoke about his mentality for his\u00a0title defence in Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a new year, new sensations, new things to improve, new things I think about in training and matches,\u201d Alcaraz said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m going to try to prepare as well as possible for the first match and for the coming week. I\u2019m not thinking about defending a title. It\u2019s about how I feel, and right now, I\u2019m just trying to have good feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n On the start of the clay season, Alcaraz added: \u201cIt is probably one of the best surfaces, without a doubt. I miss clay every time the season ends. I miss it a lot. It had been a long time since I played on clay; it felt like an eternity.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first sessions I did were to get back into rhythm, to tell myself, \u2018Alright, it\u2019s time to dirty my socks again.\u2019 Honestly, it\u2019s an incredible feeling to be back on clay.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: ATP Rankings: Alcaraz under pressure from Sinner; Shelton back as American No 1, Jodar +32, Trungelliti +41<\/a> The post Carlos Alcaraz speaks out about player privacy as he issues \u2018too much\u2019 criticism<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz has criticised the lack of privacy for players at tournaments as he called for \u201cspaces where we can be alone without being filmed.\u201d The world No 1 was speaking at the 2026 Monte Carlo Masters, where he is the reigning champion having won the prestigious clay-court event for the first time last year. […]<\/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-1989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989","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=1989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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