He Open the Australia kicks off the 2025 tennis season in a big way. The best tennis players in the world meet in the first Grand Slam of the season with a common goal: to conquer and raise the Melbourne Park torch to the highest point. Novak DjokovicJannik Sinner and Alexander Zverevamong others, do not want to miss this long-awaited event and will fight to win the long-awaited trophy from January 12 to 26. Neither Carlos Alcarazof whom we review his results in Australia to date and the curse that will accompany him until he manages to win the tournament or at least reach the final.
Carlitos will try to achieve in Australia an achievement that, until now, seems to have stuck in his throat: to date, has not been able to get past the quarterfinals of the great competition in three of the editions held, surprising records if we compare them with the rest of the ‘majors’ on the calendar. The Murcian, at 21 years old, has triumphed on the clay of Roland Garros 2024, he has shone in the impressive lights of the Arthur Ashe of the US Open 2022 and, twice, the Spanish anthem has been heard in the cathedral of world tennis, Wimbledon (2023 and 2024).
However, that of El Palmar, for this 2025 campaign, he has between eyebrows and eyebrows to tear down the Australian wall once and for all, uproot his great spine on the slopes of Melbourne Park and, above all, start the season at the highest level, something that, in previous seasons, he has not finished achieving due to an irregular set-up in preseason or to different injuries that have not allowed him to arrive in Australia in the best possible shape.
Carlos Alcaraz’s results at the Australian Open
2021 – Second round
Carlitos Alcaraz debuted in the 2022 edition of the Australian Open with his enthusiasm intact after achieving three consecutive wins and overcoming a ‘qualy’ that gave him direct access to the main draw. The current winner of 4 ‘majors’, at that time, made his debut in the first round against the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, a player whom he defeated with a resounding 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. However, in the second step of the tournament came the blow of reality and He was eliminated by the Swede Maikel Ymer 6-2, 4-6, 4-6 and 6-7ending Carlitos’ adventure in the oceanic territory.
2022 – Third round
A year later, in 2022, and after a season where he already rubbed shoulders with the greatest of this sport, Carlos returned to Australia with the aim of surpassing the results of the last edition. Said and done, although the outcome was not what Alcaraz and his entire team expected. After beating the Chilean Tabilo in the first and second round, by 6-2, 6-2 and 6-3, and the Serbian Lajovic, by 6-2, 6-1 and 7-5, respectively, he would have to dance with Matteo Berrettini in the third match of the first Grand Slam of the year. Despite fighting until the end and taking the match to a tie break in the fifth set, Carlitos would be left with honey on his lips after being defeated 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 and 6- 7.
-2023 – Did not play due to injury
Everything indicated that 2023 would be Alcaraz’s year in Australia, especially after finishing the 2022 season at the highest level by winning his first Grand Slam title. el US Open 2022. However, an unexpected problem arose days before flying to the oceanic continent: a injury to the “semimembranosus muscle” of his right leg, which forced him to get off the main box.
«When I was at my best in the preseason, I was injured by a random and unnatural movement in training. This time it’s the semimembranosus muscle of my right leg. I worked very hard to reach my best level in Australia, but unfortunately I will not be able to play the Care A2+ Kooyong or the Australian Open. It’s hard, but I have to be optimistic, recover and look forward,” Alcaraz himself published on his official social media profiles, thus announcing the hard news.
2024 – Quarterfinals
In the 2024 edition, Carlos Alcaraz landed in Australia as anot one of the top favorites to win the tournament. His previous results and his great moment of form spoke for themselves, he even reached the quarterfinals of the competition with only one set down: he had defeated players of the caliber of Richard Gasquetby 7-6, 6-1 and 6-2; Lorenzo Sonegoby 4-6, 7-6, 3-6 and 5-7; Shang Junchengby 6-1, 6-0, RET; the Miomir Kecmanovic6-4, 6-4 and 6-0. However, despite reaching the quarter-finals, an impressive Alexander Zverev made it big in the Philippe Chatrier and took Carlitos off the court, who was finally defeated 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 and 6-4.
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