Carlos Alcaraz recently caught the attention of soccer player Neymar while playing soccer with the Boca Juniors shirt. The Spaniard concluded his season later in the Davis Cup final.
Alcaraz has had a successful run in 2024, as he has won several titles, such as the French Open and Wimbledon. In this last tournament he defeated more sensible players, such as Frances Tiafoe, Ugo Humbert, Tommy Paul and Daniil Medvedev, to reach the final. There he faced Novak Djokovic and failed to win with a score of 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
One of his last matches of the season was at the ATP World Tour Finals, where he couldn’t advance further than the group stage after being bested by Alexander Zverev with a score of 7-6(5), 6-4. Currently, the 21-year-old is in his off-season and was seen playing soccer in Spain in his recent post on social media.
He shared a bunch of pictures in a Boca Juniors jersey on Instagram, and this caught the attention of Neymar, whose net worth is $350M (via Celebrity Net Worth). The Brazilian soccer star commented:
Carlos Alcaraz also defeated Rafael Nadal this year in the semifinals of the Six Kings Slam with a score of 6-3, 6-3. He was beaten by Jannik Sinner in the final.
Rafael Nadal announced his retirement on October 10 and played his final match at the Davis Cup Finals on November 19, 2024. Reflecting on Spaniard’s tough decision, Carlos Alcaraz opened up about his feelings in an interview with Marca ahead of his ATP Finals campaign. He revealed his conversation with Nadal and said:
He further expressed that he wanted to convince Nadal to reconsider his decision of retirement:
Carlos Alcaraz has won a total of 16 singles titles, adding five ATP Masters 1000 titles and 4 Grand Slam titles, the 2022 US Open, 2023 and 2024 Wimbledon and the 2024 French Open.
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