{"id":2933,"date":"2025-07-16T04:13:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T04:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/2933\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T04:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T04:13:04","slug":"jimmy-connors-says-carlos-alcaraz-did-something-before-he-walked-on-court-for-the-wimbledon-final-which-he-never-would","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/2933\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Connors says Carlos Alcaraz did something before he walked on court for the Wimbledon final which he never would"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s dream of winning a third consecutive Wimbledon title came to an end on Sunday evening after losing to Jannik Sinner in the final.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard was no match for his long-time rival in their latest encounter, losing 6-4 4-6 4-6 4-6 on Centre Court.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz, who also lost to Sinner at Wimbledon in 2022<\/a>, was ultimately out-performed by Sinner from the baseline and his usual drop-shot tactic did not work as effectively<\/a> against the agile Italian.<\/p>\n

However, Alcaraz is already a five-time Grand Slam champion at 22 years of age, and he has another opportunity to win a major at the US Open in September.<\/p>\n

\"CarlosPhoto by Visionhaus via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Jimmy Connors, a record-holder of five US Open titles, pinpointed a particular area of Alcaraz\u2019s pre-match routine before the Wimbledon<\/a> final that he would not have done during his playing career.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Connors says he would not have \u2018hugged seven or eight guys\u2019 before going onto court<\/p>\n

Jimmy Connors\u2019 opinions hold weight when it comes to tennis. An eight-time Grand Slam champion, Connors has a wealth of valuable experience to draw on and share with the wider population.<\/p>\n

Connors, who won two Wimbledon titles, was speaking on the \u2018Advantage Connors Podcast<\/a>\u2018 when the topic of Alcaraz and Sinner\u2019s entourages arose.<\/p>\n

Speaking to his son and co-host Brett Connors, Jimmy said: \u201cI saw before they walked out on court, I think it was Alcaraz. He was getting ready to walk out on court and he must have hugged seven or eight guys. <\/p>\n

\u201cYour mum told me \u2018get out there and play and let\u2019s go home.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"JimmyPhoto by Keystone\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they were hugging seven or eight guys in their camp. You have this guy and that guy, who is going to do this and that. To the point where I would have looked at that as a distraction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey look at that now differently. They look at that now that everybody is there for a reason and they have a purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz suffers his first loss in a Grand Slam final<\/p>\n

Despite losing on Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz can take great confidence heading into the US Open<\/a> in August, a place where he is a former champion.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz had not lost any of his previous Grand Slam finals heading into Wimbledon, beating the likes of Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Alexander Zverev<\/a> in those finals.<\/p>\n

TournamentAlcaraz\u2019s opponent in the finalUS Open 2022beat Casper Ruud 6-4 2-6 7-6 6-3Wimbledon 2023beat Novak Djokovic 1\u20136 7\u20136 6\u20131 3\u20136 6\u20134French Open 2024beat Alexander Zverev 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2Wimbledon 2024beat Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-2 7-6French Open 2024beat Jannik Sinner 4\u20136 6\u20137 6\u20134 7\u20136 7\u20136Wimbledon 2025lost to Jannik Sinner 6-4 4-6 4-6 4-6<\/p>\n

Despite that confidence, Jannik Sinner remains the clear favourite for the title. He has won three hard-court majors to Alcaraz\u2019s one, most recently capturing the 2025 Australian Open<\/a> title.<\/p>\n

The US Open will be contested by Alcaraz, Sinner and many others between August 24 and September 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s dream of winning a third consecutive Wimbledon title came to an end on Sunday evening after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1918,870,59,1985,101,56,54,55,116],"class_list":["post-2933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-atp-tennis-players","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-gb","tag-jimmy-connors","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}