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Carlos Alara suffered a shock defeat at the US Open losing in straight sets to Dutchman bik fand Zan hope with this he has made a shocking exit exit in the second round itself now it has been one of the most difficult hardcat seasons for the young Spaniard what's cooking Inside the Mind of this world number three who had a very commanding year right through what's been the reason to this flip-flop season is he battling between what's happening on the court and what's happening inside his head Carlos alcaraz's win over Australia's Lee 2 was not as Flawless as he would have liked it to be the 22-year-old managed to drop a set on the way to a win and facing him in the second round was Dutchman BK a 28-year-old man who is Netherlands number two he did reach a career high ranking of 22 in 2022 but currently is ranked 74th in the world a threat to the world number three who's just come off two grand slam title wins and a Paris Olympic silver medal yet here we are talking about the US Open Champion Carlos alcaras crashing out that too in straight sets not the kind of morning you thought you would wake up to so what's gone wrong for The Sensational athlete in the last few months the hard cod season has been particularly hard on alcaras the loss to jovic at Paris someone he just put away at Wimbledon to claim his second slam of the year was heartbreaking and Tennis fans expected the Spaniard to pick himself up from that dust himself off and get back to business regular programming winning more matches I'm focused on going to every tournament thinking about playing great tennis doing a good result just to get better in the race this year ending the year as number one is one of my main goals right now the biggest blip came at Cincinnati Masters when alcaras lost to gilmon Fields despite leading and of course more than what actually went wrong in gamepl everyone could only talk about [Music] this alcaras fuming and fretting and letting his frustration spill over for all to see not a side that alcaras or Spanish tennis fans have ever seen they all grew up on Rafa Nal who's never let his temper flare on Court and that was the only hardcat event that alcaras played in the lead up to the US Open so the runup was not desirable even at the US Open his start was anything but emphatic while he was playing the seeding round match against BK he was all over the place missing shots that he would normally put away making errors on certain plays that he never would he has come out of a below part performance to manage to win in the past but somehow that just did not happen here alcaras kept looking up to his box and his coach Hanan Carlos ferero and once even indicated with his finger pointing to his head and shaking it that he was not doing anything right on the day he was completely out of sorts and he knew it I don't know what to say right now I couldn't increase my level I think my level stayed at the same point all the match and it wasn't enough to win the match or to give myself the chance I made a lot of mistakes when I wanted to come back it was too late it's been another tough few weeks for this 22-year-old and the only thing he should be telling himself is that it's important to embrace the lows with the highs he did that last year 2023 was a horrid year for alcaras by his own standards and though this is definitely more to do with mental makeup than his skills how soon he sharpens this aspect of his game will'll have a bare ing on whether he will be able to dominate the tennis scene here on climate change is on our doorstep it's time for a revolution to take rout and it starts with 1.4 billion Indians it starts with one tree one tree for Humanity one tree for Mother Earth Earth one tree for a future project one tree a news8 network [Music] initiative across continent one powerful news [Applause] source bringing you diverse perspectives on the issues that matter [Music] we go beyond the boundaries to give you that little extra about every sporting [Music] moment so thank you for making first post 5 million strong we're counting on your support and you can trust us to bring you the news unfiltered and unvarnished [Music] on thisday the T20 World Cup bang move across to the West IND hello I'm Alex coming to you from South Africa today we have a start with a report on India shifting nuclear the first [Music] off hello and welcome to first post America I'm Eric ham coming to you live from the nation's capital in Washington DC

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