{"id":424310,"date":"2026-01-21T20:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/424310\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T20:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:15:12","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-makes-roger-federer-revelation-after-booking-place-in-third-round-of-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/424310\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz makes Roger Federer revelation after booking place in third round of Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Alcaraz has disclosed that he enjoyed a round of golf with Roger Federer whilst both were present in Melbourne for the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

The world No 1 shared the news during an on-court interview with former Australian Open semi-finalist Wally Masur following his second-round victory.<\/p>\n

When asked about Federer’s abilities on the course, Alcaraz was effusive in his praise.<\/p>\n

“It’s as beautiful as the tennis. I’m not surprised, either. It’s unbelievable. He does everything in a really beautiful style,” the Spaniard said.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old added that the Swiss maestro possesses “a really beautiful swing” and performs exceptionally well on the fairways.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, Federer has only taken up golf within the past two years, yet he already outperforms Alcaraz, who began playing as a teenager and has five years of experience with the sport.<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old Swiss legend, exactly twice the age of his Spanish counterpart, has proven a quick study.<\/p>\n

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Carlos Alcaraz has hailed Roger Federer’s golfing ability<\/p>\n

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“I think he’s been playing for two years now, and his level is really, really good for two years,” joked Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been playing for five, and he already beats me, so it hurts!”<\/p>\n

The top seed also confirmed he intends to make the most of Melbourne’s renowned courses during his time off from competition. <\/p>\n

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“The golf courses are waiting for me, and I know that, and I will show up for sure,” he said.<\/p>\n

Andy Murray, who retired from professional tennis 18 months ago, has also developed a passion for golf and harbours an unusual ambition within the sport.<\/p>\n

Speaking on The Romesh Ranganathan Show in November, the former world No 1 revealed he is contemplating a career as a caddie for a touring professional.<\/p>\n

“I love golf, and if you love that sport, then I think it would be a great job,” Murray explained.<\/p>\n

He expressed particular enthusiasm about supporting a top player during pivotal moments and contributing to their decision-making on the course.<\/p>\n

The Scot identified his ideal scenario without hesitation.<\/p>\n

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“Dream pro to caddie for would be Robert MacIntyre,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Imagine carrying Robert MacIntyre’s bag when he wins The Open or something like that. That would be a dream job.”<\/p>\n

Regarding his own playing ambitions, Murray maintains far more realistic expectations.<\/p>\n

The three-time Grand Slam champion has no aspirations of competing at The Open Championship itself.<\/p>\n

“I don’t have ambitions of playing in The Open,” Murray stated at Wentworth last year. Instead, he hopes to eventually reach a standard where he could attempt regional qualifying rounds.<\/p>\n

“I want to try and play in like the regional qualifying at some stage. A couple of my friends have done it, and it would just be a fun thing to do if you got to the level where you’re able to do that,” he explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz has disclosed that he enjoyed a round of golf with Roger Federer whilst both were present…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,44,12384,457,82,593],"class_list":["post-424310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}