{"id":286621,"date":"2023-09-07T06:03:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T06:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=286621"},"modified":"2023-09-07T06:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T06:03:57","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-mesmerizes-the-us-open-crowd-with-tennis-racket-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/carlos-alcaraz-mesmerizes-the-us-open-crowd-with-tennis-racket-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz mesmerizes the US Open crowd with tennis racket trick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Carlos Alcaraz wows the crowd in New York with impressive tennis racket trick at US Open<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz disposed of Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-2 6-4\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Alcaraz is now just two wins away from winning back-to-back US Open titles\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spanish phenom Carlos Alcaraz is used to thrilling crowds &#8211; usually with a racket when a a ball is involved, just not this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During his quarterfinal match vs. Alexander Zverev, Alcaraz started to spin and juggle his racket in a mesmerizing sequence as he waited for the German to return from a medical timeout.<\/p>\n<p>So much so, the US Open&#8217;s official X (formerly Twitter) account posted the clip alongside a caption; &#8216;the man can do it all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/05\/75152581-12490217-image-a-38_1694060336466.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz took time to wow the crowd with his juggling skills during Wednesday&#8217;s game<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/05\/75152573-12490217-image-a-36_1694060269253.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The sensational Spaniard had to battle but eventually proved too good for Alexander Zverev<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/05\/75152591-12490217-image-a-42_1694060515600.jpg\" height=\"66\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/05\/75152587-12490217-image-a-41_1694060432983.jpg\" height=\"68\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/05\/75152589-12490217-image-a-39_1694060422226.jpg\" height=\"68\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>X users were awestruck by Alcaraz&#8217;s party trick &#8211; what is ultimately part of usual repertoire<\/p>\n<p>The party trick is something of an Alcaraz specialty and while it may have a previously unseen moment for casual fans, it is something he has done often throughout his burgeoning career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As one may expect, there were a multitude of reactions in awe of the sublime Spaniard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I juggle my racket just like that in my dreams,&#8217; ESPN Ocho analyst Pepper Brooks tweeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If I practiced for 100 years I still couldn&#8217;t do this,&#8217; one user wrote. While another added; &#8216;I believe he could play tennis with his eyes closed.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz pushed aside Zverev 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 and moved a step closer to becoming the first man to win consecutive titles at Flushing Meadows since Roger Federer\u00a0collected five in a row from 2004-08.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the win in the late hours of Wednesday, the 20-year-old improved to 24-1 in his past four major tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>After the championship in New York 12 months ago, he sat out the Australian Open with a leg injury, made it to the semifinals of the French Open before cramping up in a loss to Novak Djokovic, and added the Wimbledon trophy by beating Djokovic in the final, before the run over these two weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz faces No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal Friday, the winner will play the victor of Djokovic-Ben Shelton, who play on the same day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12490217\/Carlos-Alcaraz-wows-crowd-New-York-impressive-tennis-racket-trick-Open.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz wows the crowd in New York with impressive tennis racket trick at US Open The top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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