{"id":1996,"date":"2026-04-07T11:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:45:32","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-reveals-what-he-regrets-saying-ahead-of-monte-carlo-masters-title-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=1996","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz reveals what he \u2018regrets\u2019 saying ahead of Monte Carlo Masters title defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz has admitted he regrets some of the comments he made to his team during his shock loss at the 2026 Miami Open.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 1 fell to a three-set defeat to Sebastian Korda in the third round of the Masters 1000 tournament in Miami last month.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the second set of the match, a frustrated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> directed an outburst towards his coaching box, and his words were picked up by courtside microphones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t take it anymore, I want to go home now, man. I can\u2019t take it anymore, I can\u2019t take it anymore, I can\u2019t take it anymore,\u201d Alcaraz declared.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his appearance at the 2026 Monte Carlo Masters, Alcaraz addressed saying that he wanted to go home during his defeat to Korda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, there are things I regret saying during the match, and that\u2019s one of them,\u201d the seven-time Grand Slam winner told Spanish media.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/juan-carlos-ferrero-what-carlos-alcaraz-needs-to-do-become-goat\"><strong>Juan Carlos Ferrero tells Carlos Alcaraz what he \u2018needs to do\u2019 to become the GOAT<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-speaks-out-privacy-cameras-monte-carlo-masters\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz speaks out about player privacy as he issues \u2018too much\u2019 criticism<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, when things aren\u2019t going well, when you try and it doesn\u2019t work out, there comes a point where you\u2019re not thinking clearly and you blurt out something that you really shouldn\u2019t have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that\u2019s how things go, you have to learn from them.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What Samuel Lopez said about Alcaraz\u2019s comments<\/h2>\n<p>Alcaraz\u2019s coach Samuel Lopez weighed in on the 22-year-old\u2019s comments during an interview with Eurosport Spain last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s see, I don\u2019t think it should be normalised in the sense of just leaving it as it is,\u201d said Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also don\u2019t see it as anything surprising. He\u2019s 22, and you have to make him understand that these kinds of comments have a lot of impact, especially outside the team. Internally, we knew how we arrived in Miami and what the situation was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has to try to control those impulses that he has: he has always had them, and less and less each time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has to control them, especially for the opponent, both the player and the opposing team, not to show those weaknesses in certain moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut beyond that, it\u2019s a way of expressing himself and releasing some of the tension and fatigue that builds up. There\u2019s no need to give it more importance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/stefanos-tsitsipas-disastrous-monte-carlo-masters-loss\">Stefanos Tsitsipas needs \u2018serious soul-searching\u2019 after \u2018disastrous\u2019 Monte Carlo Masters display<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-regrets-comments-to-his-team-monte-carlo-masters\">Carlos Alcaraz reveals what he \u2018regrets\u2019 saying ahead of Monte Carlo Masters title defence<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/\">Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz has admitted he regrets some of the comments he made to his team during his shock loss at the 2026 Miami Open. The world No 1 fell to a three-set defeat to Sebastian Korda in the third round of the Masters 1000 tournament in Miami last month. 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