Carlos Alcaraz loses tournament and world No. 2: “This is crazy.”

Carlos Alcaraz loses tournament and world No. 2, then complains: "It's crazy"

Surprise defeat for Carlos Alcaraz in the ATP 500 tournament at Queen&#39s, the appetizer of Wimbledon. The Spanish tennis player, fresh winner of Roland Garros, è was beaten in two sets 7-6, 6-3 by Britain's Jack Draper. The Briton, a strong performer on grass, confirmed his great moment of form after winning the Stuttgart tournament final against Matteo Berrettini.

The defeat cost Alcaraz his second place in the ATP ranking: as of Monday; Novak Djokovic will return to second. The Murcia champion was unbeaten for 13 matches on grass, not losing since the eighth final against Sinner at Wimbledon 2022. Perhaps a wake-up call for rival Jannik Sinner, who instead in Halle è qualified to the tournament quarterfinals.

After the match, Alcaraz è complained about the ATP's new service clock rules that force tennis players to put the ball back in play after 20 seconds. "It&#39s crazy,” he said, “It&#39s detrimental to the players, we&#39ll talk to the ATP about it. The umpire told me that it è a new rule, the stopwatch never stops, after the point ends the stopwatch starts again. È it is bad for the player. I am not talking about going to get the towel, no, I don&#39t even have time to go get the balls, I have never seen that in tennis".