{"id":14127,"date":"2025-07-16T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/14127\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:14:09","slug":"former-french-open-finalist-says-why-losing-the-wimbledon-final-to-jannik-sinner-is-good-for-carlos-alcaraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/14127\/","title":{"rendered":"Former French Open finalist says why losing the Wimbledon final to Jannik Sinner is \u2018good\u2019 for Carlos Alcaraz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz lost his Wimbledon crown on Sunday evening after being defeated in four sets by Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>Following a smash-and-grab first set victory, the Spaniard was second best for the rest of the contest, as <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/jannik-sinner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner<\/a> dominated the baseline exchanges and made fine use of his agile court coverage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz<\/a> came into Wimbledon as the favourite following his victories at the French Open and Queen\u2019s Club, so he will be disappointed to have not won a third consecutive <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/wimbledon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wimbledon<\/a> title.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard, who <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/carlos-alcaraz-responds-to-jannik-sinners-latest-question-on-social-media-after-their-wimbledon-final\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">congratulated Sinner on social media<\/a> after the contest, will look forward to possible redemption at the US Open in September \u2013 the place he won his first Grand Slam title in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2224957520-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in action against Jannik Sinner of Italy during the final of the gentlemen's singles on day fourteen of The Championships Wimbledon 2025 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 13, 2025 in London, England.\" class=\"wp-image-314037\" \/>Photo by Frey\/TPN\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>One compatriot of Alcaraz\u2019s who reached world number two on the ATP Tour has adopted a more positive outlook in regard to the 22-year-old\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Corretja says losing the Wimbledon final is \u2018good\u2019 for Carlos Alcaraz<\/p>\n<p>Alex Corretja is a well-known figure within Spanish tennis. The 51-year-old reached world number two during his playing career, picking up 17 ATP Tour titles.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard was a finalist at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/french-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">French Open<\/a> twice, in 1998 and 2001, while also playing an important role in Spain\u2019s first Davis Cup title in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Corretja, who was speaking on the Carrusel Canalla podcast, took a more positive stance regarding Alcaraz\u2019s loss in the Wimbledon final.<\/p>\n<p>Corretja said: \u201cEverything that\u2019s happening to Alcaraz is good: when he wins and when he doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2224939284-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jannik Sinner of Italy embraces Carlos Alcaraz of Spain after beating him in the final of the gentlemen's singles on day fourteen of The Championships Wimbledon 2025 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 13, 2025 in London, England.\" class=\"wp-image-313855\" \/>Photo by Frey\/TPN\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat awakens his hunger and desire to progress and evolve. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you only win, you think you\u2019re doing everything right. If you get beaten, then you think you\u2019re not unbeatable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz tops key Wimbledon statistic <\/p>\n<p>Despite losing the final, Alcaraz had an excellent run at the championships once again, as supported by one particular statistic.<\/p>\n<p>As per OptaAce, Carlos Alcaraz and <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> converted the most break points in the men\u2019s singles competition at Wimbledon 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Against Sinner in the final, Alcaraz converted two break points in the first set to scramble from 2-4 down to 6-4. He forced another four break points across the remaining three sets but was unable to convert any of them.<\/p>\n<p>Both Sinner and Alcaraz are set to play their next tournament at the Toronto Masters 1000, which runs from July 27 to August 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz lost his Wimbledon crown on Sunday evening after being defeated in four sets by Jannik Sinner.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[12211,2073,99,428,96],"class_list":["post-14127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp-tennis-players","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}