‘You can’t hate this man’: Clip of Carlos Alcaraz being a good bloke blows up on social media

If you were still on the fence about Spanish tennis phenom Carlos Alcaraz, this short Aussie Open clip will win you over immediately.

With four grand slam titles under his belt, Spanish tennis phenom Carlos Alcaraz could have a team of lackeys shining his shoes while he walks, if he wanted.

Success has a funny way of exposing a lot of sports stars’ true colours, especially if they ascend to the highest echelons of their sport at such a young age.

But based on this short clip, it can be assumed Carlos Alcaraz isn’t just another tennis diva.

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A short clip of the 21-year-old walking through Melbourne Park with his kit bag has gone viral, with fans declaring the world No. 3 an official “good bloke” based on his interaction with one of the Australian Open support staff.

Alcaraz was seen grinning and shaking hands with people lingering on the concourse before opening and holding a door for a man with a trolley.

The simple gesture is something any decent human being should be expected to do, but the scene was still quite striking for the clip’s 400,000 viewers on X.

Carlos Alcaraz walks into Melbourne Park with his kit bag. Photo: X

Before holding the door open for a member of staff. Photo: X

“That’s why you can’t hate this man,” one person wrote.

“Shows such kindness and respect to everyone. It’s the little things that reveals one’s character,” another wrote.

Others were annoyed about the hubbub, however, asking those lauding over Alcaraz to stop “putting sports stars on a pedestal” and that holding a door for another human being is quite a regular occurrence.

“Wish I had a post about me doing normal things,” one person wrote.

Alcaraz says his burgeoning rivalry with Jannik Sinner has brought out the best in him, with the Spanish star driven by winning more grand slam titles and toppling the Italian as world No. 1.

Carlos is looking to complete the Grand Slam of all four majors. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)

He clinched both Roland-Garros and Wimbledon last year and is preparing to take Melbourne Park by storm and lift the Australian Open to complete a career grand slam of all four majors.

With the retirements of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic in his twilight years, Alcaraz’s rivalry with 23-year-old Sinner has taken over at the summit of the game.

“When I’m facing him, I just know that I have to play my best if I want to win. That’s it. Probably if I have a bad day against Jannik, it’s 99 per cent that you’re going to lose,” said the Spaniard.

“That’s what is in my mind every time that I’m going to play against him.

“The good thing for me is when I’m seeing him winning titles, when I’m seeing him in the top of the ranking, it forces me to practise even harder every day,” he added.

“In the practise, I’m just thinking the things that I have to improve to play against him.

“That I think is great for me, having him, have such a great rivalry so far, just to give the best of me every day.”

He’s got a few new fans. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

Despite Alcaraz and Sinner becoming the grand slam kings by sharing the four major titles last year, the Italian raced away as No. 1 due to his greater consistency through the season.

Alcaraz has tweaked his serve, and has a lighter racquet, in a bid to up his game this year, knowing he needs to play better for longer.

“After the US Open for me is kind of difficult to stay at a high level. I mean, is kind of when I’m tired, I’ve played a lot of tournaments, a lot of time outside home,” he said.

“So for me is difficult, that part of the year. Last year I did much better than 2023. So hopefully this year is going to be better.”

While ousting Sinner as top dog remains a key goal, winning more slams is his focus.

“For me the goal is try to win grand slams, Masters 1000s. That’s for me the most important tournaments of the world,” he said.

“Obviously the ranking is up there in the goals, as well, trying to get as close as I can to Jannik or try to pass (world No. 2 Alexander) Zverev as well.

“But mainly for me it is grand slams, try to win as many grand slams as I can. That’s my main goal.”

– with AFP

Originally published as ‘You can’t hate this man’: Clip of Carlos Alcaraz being a good bloke blows up on social media