{"id":406057,"date":"2026-02-03T18:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406057\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:39:01","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-reveals-tactical-chat-with-rafael-nadal-moments-after-winning-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406057\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz reveals tactical chat with Rafael Nadal moments after winning Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Alcaraz completed the Career Grand Slam with his Australian Open title and it was \u201cfitting\u201d that Rafael Nadal was in the crowd and he had a chance to speak to his idol after making history.<\/p>\n

Aged 22 years, Alcaraz became the youngest man to win all four Grand Slams<\/a> in the Open Era as his 2026 title at Melbourne Park completes his two titles at Wimbledon, two at Roland Garros and two at the US Open.<\/p>\n

Nadal previously held the record as he was 24-years-old when he completed the feat at the 2010 US Open with Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Novak Djokovic and Rod Laver the other players in the professional era club.<\/p>\n

22-time Grand Slam winner Nadal was in attendance at the Rod Laver Arena when his compatriot defeated Novak Djokovic in four sets in the showpiece match.<\/p>\n

Both Alcaraz and Djokovic paid tribute to the former world No 1<\/a> during their speeches while the new Australian Open champion also shared a few words with his childhood hero shortly after the trophy presentation ceremony.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Marca, Alcaraz was asked about the conversation and replied:\u201dRafa congratulated me and we talked a little about the match,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout how well Novak started, how difficult it was\u2026 I told him that tactically I started in a way that didn\u2019t work. I was playing too straight and he said he saw it that way too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Djokovic was too good for Alcaraz in the first set with Spaniard a lot more passive, but things changed quickly as the Spaniard started finding his range and eventually won 2\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20133, 7\u20135.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe didn\u2019t talk much because I had my own things to do and he was leaving. It was a very special moment to hug Rafa with the trophy in my hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former world No 4 Tim Henman praised Alcaraz after his latest remarkable achievement, as he also described Nadal\u2019s presence as \u201cfitting\u201d.<\/p>\n

During an interview with TNT Sports, the four-time Grand Slam semi-finalist stated: \u201cIt\u2019s the way he\u2019s gone about it, his personality and charisma on and off the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s how we wanted the next generation to come through after Federer, Nadal and Djokovic\u2026 let\u2019s not forget Jannik Sinner but the way Alcaraz has come through to win his seventh Grand Slam and first Australian Open is truly remarkable.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a performer, he\u2019s out on stage and wants to show off his skill-set, and he\u2019s got so many skills. His ability and winning these big titles, it was fitting that Rafa [Nadal] was in the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the Australian Open on Eurosport, TNT Sports, HBO Max and discovery+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz completed the Career Grand Slam with his Australian Open title and it was \u201cfitting\u201d that Rafael…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-406057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406057","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=406057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}