{"id":76141,"date":"2025-08-17T10:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/76141\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:35:06","slug":"serena-williams-former-coach-points-out-what-he-thinks-carlos-alcarazs-weakest-quality-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/76141\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams\u2019 former coach points out what he thinks Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s \u2018weakest quality\u2019 is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz has enjoyed a perfect return to tennis after his post-Wimbledon break, and will now face off against Jannik Sinner yet again, this time in the Cincinnati Open final.<\/p>\n<p>It marks a rematch of their Wimbledon and Italian Open showdowns, both of which were for the title.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, given their respective seedings, it feels like anytime they meet, it will be to contest the sport\u2019s greatest honours.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever comes out on top will have given themselves the perfect preparation for the upcoming US Open, in what is the final chance to claim a major before the season starts to wind down.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, even before <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> had beaten Alexander Zverev in a semi-final marred by the latter\u2019s struggling fitness, he was told what both his best and weakest qualities were.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz told what his \u2018weakest quality\u2019 is as a player<\/p>\n<p>The person who offered this insight was Rick Macci, famed for being the formative coach of both Serena and Venus Williams before they went on to accomplish greatness.<\/p>\n<p>His voice within the tennis community is a relentless one, and few can deny his credentials given the legendary figures he will forever be associated with.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Carlos best quality is he has every shot in the book and every match he will give it a look. His weakest quality is he has every shot in the book and sometimes lets you off the hook. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlosalcaraz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@carlosalcaraz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rick Macci (@RickMacci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickMacci\/status\/1956728282742661557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">August 16, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, he named the same trait for both Alcaraz\u2019s best and worst qualities, suggesting that the never-ending bag of tricks makes him both dangerous, but also confused at times.<\/p>\n<p>After all, it can be hard to decide when and where to use certain shots, knowing that they are all at his disposal.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz reaches yet another Cincinnati Open final<\/p>\n<p>Despite this critical claim from Macci, wrapped up in what feels oddly like a compliment, Alcaraz has quietly cruised into yet another <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/cincinnati-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Open<\/a> final.<\/p>\n<p>This time, he will have <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tennis\/jannik-sinner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> to deal with, having lost to Novak Djokovic last time out in what many still regard as one of the greatest best-of-three matches ever played.<\/p>\n<p>In a match that lasted just shy of four hours, it was the Serbian who claimed his revenge after Alcaraz had dethroned him in the Wimbledon final just a month earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Since that clash two years ago, the Spaniard\u2019s budding dominance has been met by Sinner, with the two establishing a duopoly at the apex of the men\u2019s game that seemingly no one can trouble.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that they are set to meet again in yet another final, in the third straight event that both have entered, does little to dispel this notion.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, it offers fans yet another iteration of this mouth-watering clash, which seems poised to be one of the best in the sport\u2019s history should they continue meeting in the final of some of the most elite competitions.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz has enjoyed a perfect return to tennis after his post-Wimbledon break, and will now face off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,619,22135,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-76141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","11":"tag-rick-macci","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76141","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=76141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}