{"id":836185,"date":"2026-07-30T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836185\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:56:10","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-debuts-bold-new-hairstyle-as-tennis-fans-compare-him-to-bad-bunny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836185\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz debuts bold new hairstyle as tennis fans compare him to Bad Bunny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Tennis fans are in disbelief after world number three Carlos Alcaraz debuted a bold new hairstyle in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz is currently stepping up his recovery from a right wrist injury he suffered at the Barcelona Open in April.<\/p>\n<p>The injury has forced him to miss both the French Open and Wimbledon, while he is expected to return for the US Open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"85561\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz<\/a> recently excited fans in a video of him playing indoors, but the reaction to his new hairstyle has not gone down well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2286860591-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Spain v Argentina: Final - FIFA World Cup 2026\" \/>Photo by Jean Catuffe\/Getty ImagesHow tennis fans reacted to Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s fresh look<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz posted a series of images and videos on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carlitosalcarazz\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> account on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>His post featured celebrations from his trip to New York to watch Spain in the World Cup final, as well as pictures of his new hairstyle.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis fans have since taken to X to discuss Alcaraz\u2019s fresh look; most comments were negative, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>One viewer wrote: \u201cFind his hairdresser as soon as possible. It\u2019s a disaster!\u201d Another added: \u201cNo, this isn\u2019t possible, do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE CARLOS ALCARAZ STORIES<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate it\u201d and \u201cdisgusting\u201d were two further comments that summed up the general feeling on Alcaraz\u2019s hair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe thinks he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/bad-bunny\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"99857\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bad Bunny<\/a>, I can\u2019t take it anymore,\u201d a fan humorously compared the tennis star to the Puerto Rican singer.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz\u2019s fans will hope that this is a temporary experiment and that he will soon return to a more traditional look.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Tennis fans are in disbelief after world number three Carlos Alcaraz debuted a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[23632,49,48,619,82,593],"class_list":["post-836185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-bad-bunny","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836185","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=836185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}