The world no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz got huge popularity after his historic win at Wimbledon defeating Novak Djokovic and clinching the title. Since then, he has been quite often the talk of the town and his followers are increasing worldwide wherever he travels he finds his fans around him.
Ahead of the US Open, Carlos Alcaraz is there to compete in New York but it seems he doesn’t get any respite from the desperate fans whenever he goes out.
Recently Carlos Alcaraz shared his thoughts about the side-effects of popularity over a star and that no normal life is guaranteed after you get famous.
Alcaraz stated: “Sometimes I like it; sometimes no. Sometimes you want to feel like a normal guy, to walk normally. Here in New York, there are a lot of Spanish people, and South American people as well. It’s difficult for me to walk normally sometimes. Yeah, I wish some days to be someone not recognized at all. But it’s going to be impossible.”
Carlos Alcaraz says he sometimes wishes to be able to walk unrecognized:
“Sometimes I like it; sometimes no. Sometimes you want to feel like a normal guy, to walk normally. Here in New York, there are a lot of Spanish people, South American people as well. It's difficult for me… pic.twitter.com/lTyYbdljEg
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) August 26, 2023
Carlos Alcaraz in 2023
WWWWWWWWWW Now the world no.1, Carlos played his last match on the 20th of August when he surrendered to world no.2 Novak Djokovic 5-7 7-6(7) 7-6(4) in the final in Cincinnati (draw).
This season the Spaniard owns an overall 53-6 win-loss record. Carlos clinched 6 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Wimbledon. Carlos was the finalist in Rio de Janeiro and Cincinnati.
Alcaraz is scheduled to compete next at the U.S. Open (U.S. Open). He will start to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 28th of August.
