NEW YORK – Carlos Alcaraz has revealed the brand new cropped coiffure he’s sporting on the US Open was the results of his brother mishandling the clippers when he wished a fast trim earlier than the match.
The excitement lower was the speak of Flushing Meadows on the second day of the championships on Monday because the second-seeded Spaniard dismantled Reilly Opelka 6-4 7-5 6-4 to ease into the second spherical.
“I felt like my hair was actually lengthy already, and earlier than the match I simply actually wished to get a haircut,” the 22-year-old instructed reporters.
“All of a sudden simply my brother simply — he misunderstood with the machine. He simply lower it. Then, the one technique to repair it was simply to shave it off. To be trustworthy, it is not that unhealthy, I suppose.”
Alcaraz flew his barber Victor Martinez from Spain to Paris earlier this yr to provide him a extra trendy fade lower halfway by way of the French Open however stated New York was too far for the same intervention.
The brand new fashion had divided opinion, the French Open champion added.
“Some individuals prefer it, some individuals do not prefer it,” he stated.
“To be trustworthy, I am simply laughing in regards to the response of the individuals. It’s what it’s. I can not do anything proper now, so I am simply laughing about every little thing they’re saying about my haircut.”
Alcaraz stated he was uncertain if his new streamlined fashion made him quicker on court docket however stated it might all be educational in a couple of days given how briskly his hair grew.
“Each time that I get a haircut, in two or three days it is gone,” he stated.
“In three days you are going to see one other hair(fashion).”
Amongst these vital of the brand new trim was American world quantity 17 Frances Tiafoe, who, regardless of sporting a close-cropped fashion himself, described Alcaraz’s new haircut as “horrendous”.
“Frances is mendacity. Frances is mendacity,” laughed Alcaraz. “No, come on? He confirmed up right here saying that it’s horrible?
“I do know he is mendacity. I do know he likes the haircut. He likes it. He instructed me.”
—Reuters
