- Alcaraz booked place in Sunday’s final with a comfortable 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win
- After the game, he commented on the upcoming Euro 2024 final in Germany
- His native Spain will take on England on the same day he plays his own final
Carlos Alcaraz hilariously backtracked on his Euro 2024 claim after being booed at Wimbledon.
The defending champion in the men’s singles tournament booked his place in Sunday’s final on Friday with a 3-1 win over Daniil Medvedev, and he could be set to play in a rematch of last year’s final against Novak Djokovic.
Alcaraz, whos is from Spain, is favourite to win the Championship again, and secured a comfortable win over his opponents on Centre Court on Friday with a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win.
After the match, he was interviewed on the court and claimed Sunday, which will see the final of the men’s singles and Euro 2024, will be ‘a really good day for Spanish people’, and was met by a series of boos from the crowd.
Laughing off the jeers, he backtracked on his claim, insisting that he didn’t actually claim Spain were going to win the football.
‘I didn’t say Spain is going to win, I’m just saying it’s going to be a really fun day,’ he said in a bid to silence the boos.
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‘It’s going to be a really difficult match,’ he added, speaking of his final. ‘Lorenzo and Djokovic play great tennis, so I will watch the match and let’s see who I am playing on Sunday.’
The jeers were in good spirits, with the crowd laughing as the former World No 1 backtracked on his words.
He was seen urging the crowd to make more noise earlier in the game, which he dominated throughtout despite losing the first set of the match.
The 21-year-old has looked more like himself in recent games after edging his way throught the early rounds and could etch his name into further history if he is victorious at the weekend.
The men’s final is set to get underway at around 2pm on Centre Court, with the Euros final to kick off at 8pm, and Alcaraz hoping for a Spanish double.
Events could well have concluded much earlier for the world No 3 had Medvedev been defaulted out of Wimbledon after what seemed to be a volley of foul-mouthed abuse at umpire Eva Asderaki.
The Russian was broken when serving for the first set, and on the final point umpire Asderaki called ‘not up’ as the ball bounced twice before Medvedev could reach it.
The No 5 seed responded and during the changeover Asderaki called supervisor Wayne McKewen and tournament referee Danise Parnell to the court, and the three had a lengthy discussion which delayed the resumption of the match.Â