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Carlos Alcaraz recovered retired that Roger Federer's elegance extends good beyond the tennis tribunal aft playing a circular of play with the Swiss maestro successful Melbourne during the Australian Open.
The Spaniard has made nary secret of his ain emotion for golf, carving retired clip during his engaged Grand Slam docket to indulge the hobby. During his triumphant U.S. Open tally past year, helium adjacent celebrated cardinal victories by mimicking play swings.
After beating Yannick Hanfmann to seal his spot successful the 3rd circular of the Australian Open connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026), an on-court interrogation rapidly became each astir Alcaraz's acquisition of playing Federer connected the play course.
"It's as beauteous arsenic his tennis," Alcaraz said astir the stylish erstwhile satellite fig one's play skills.
"I'm not surprised. It's unbelievable. Everything helium does, helium does successful style, truly beautiful. On the play course, it's a truly beautiful swing. He plays truly good."
While Alcaraz knows his mode astir a play course, Federer has taken to it amazingly accelerated aft the 20-times Grand Slam champion retired from tennis successful 2022.
"I deliberation helium has been playing for 2 years present and his level is truly good," Alcaraz said.
"I've been playing 5 and he's already beating me.
"It hurts, yeah."
Alcaraz, who faces French 32nd effect Corentin Moutet arsenic helium resumes his bid to go the youngest antheral to assertion the vocation Grand Slam, said there would ever beryllium clip for much golf.
"We tin ever find clip ... We're trying to marque the astir of the day," Alcaraz said.
"I don't cognize what's coming tomorrow, I request to speech to my team. I'll astir apt signifier a small arsenic I privation to beryllium amended successful the adjacent circular but the play courses are waiting for me."
