Carlos Alcaraz Admits to Self-Criticism Despite Extending Grand Slam Record at US Open

Carlos Alcaraz is on a streak! He defeated Arthur Rinderknech with a scoreline of 7-6, 6-3, 6-4. And this is the Spaniard’s fourth consecutive straight sets win in the 2025 US Open. It shows Alcaraz’s consistency and skill. But it’s worth noting that he has made history by reaching the quarterfinals in all four Grand Slams in a year for the very first time in his career. He has become synonymous with consistency by making it to the quarterfinal match of a Grand Slam for the 12th time. But does the tennis world look down upon this sort of consistency from Alcaraz? 

This question was posed to Carlos Alcaraz during his post-match press conference. As he prepared himself for the battle against Jiri Lehecka in the quarterfinal of the 2025 US Open, Alcaraz claimed, “Well, yeah, probably a lot of people have talked about that I am not as consistency as I should be. But at the same times, those stats are really great to know for me just to see that, you know, I’m making really good results in the really good tournaments.”

He continued, “Obviously, sometimes, I’m really hard with myself that the quarterfinal is not enough, semifinal is not enough sometimes. But you have to see more than the results. I have to see if I play well and realize that a semifinal or quarterfinal in a Grand Slam is a pretty good result, though. And I’ve been talking a lot of about I should be better, you know, consistency, playing much better, the matches, or whatever. So, that’s why a lot of people have talked about it as well.” 

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