In a single scene, Alcaraz talks tearfully in regards to the second he smashed his racquet after a second-round loss to Gael Monfils on the Cincinnati Open.
“The very fact of the matter is, I wasn’t mentally sturdy sufficient to beat all of the stress,” he says.
“I did not know if I wanted to give up or if I used to be dropping my ardour.”
Alcaraz additionally speaks in regards to the impression of his 2023 French Open semi-final defeat by Novak Djokovic, after which he determined to go on vacation to Ibiza.
“I wished to go there principally to only get wasted,” he says.
“I made essentially the most of it as a result of I knew I won’t get one other three days like that. Once I bought again, after all, I received Queen’s and Wimbledon.
“I am not saying partying helped me win, however taking that point off was good for me.”
Alcaraz returned to Ibiza final yr, in opposition to recommendation from his agent Albert Molina Lopez and coach Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Quickly afterwards, his Queen’s title defence was ended within the second spherical by Britain’s Jack Draper – though Alcaraz went on to beat Djokovic within the Wimbledon closing later that month.
“All of us knew amongst ourselves that he should not have gone to Ibiza,” says Ferrero.
The previous world primary, who beforehand coached Alexander Zverev, seems annoyed together with his protege at instances.
“We’re right here to create the best participant due to his skills and alternatives,” he says. “But when he is not that decided, [if] he is OK with being ranked quantity 15 on this planet, then we’ll decrease our expectations.
“However figuring out the best way I’m, I believe it might be very exhausting for me to maintain working with him.”
Within the closing scenes, Alcaraz wonders whether or not he has “the mindset” to “change into the best participant in historical past”.
“Properly, proper now, I do not know,” he says. “I am nonetheless younger, I’ve quite a bit forward of me, however from what I’ve lived to date, I positively choose to place happiness earlier than any sort of accomplishment.
“Being blissful is an accomplishment and happiness is not all the time straightforward to seek out.”
