After His Sad Semi-Final Exit From French Open, Carlos Alcaraz Gets F1 Sensation?s Support Ahead of the Start of Wimbledon

The French Open semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz was a spectacle. After all, it was a battle between ATP World Number 1 and Number 2. Usually, age is considered to be inversely proportional to the level of fitness. The younger the player, the more athletic and energetic they will be. But despite being the younger of the two opponents, Alcaraz’s cramping and mental “tension” during the contest cost him the match. While Carlos understands that after his sad semi-final exit from the Roland-Garros, he won’t have great chances at Wimbledon, an F1 prodigy thinks otherwise with a supportive message.

McLaren F1 rookie Oscar Piastri is the prodigy sensation who is boosting Carlos Alcaraz’s morale for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. It is always fulfilling to see athletes from different sports meet and interact. Piastri & Alcaraz meeting up ahead of Wimbledon is a unique inter-sport pairing that has caught the eyes of fans.

Ahead of Wimbledon, Alcaraz is now playing in the Queen’s Club Championship. And he won his first match against Arthur Rinderknech. Even Piastri was in attendance, watching the match. Following Alcaraz’s victory, Piastri met the Spaniard and congratulated him on his victory. He even posted a photo of the two on his page, captioned “Well played?@carlitosalcarazz ?”.

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Piastri seems to be on a spree of meeting sportspersons from other fields. Before meeting with Alcaraz, he even got the opportunity to meet another Tennis Great.

Besides Carlos Alcaraz, Oscar Piastri Enjoys Meeting With Andy Murray

Since the conclusion of the Canadian GP, Piastri seems to have taken some time from the McLaren garage. He has been up and about, watching other sports like Cricket and Tennis. After the weekend in Montreal, he also cheered for his home side Australia at the 1st Ashes test in the UK. Meanwhile, he met up with Andy Murray at the Cinch championships right before Australia’s Ashes test win.

Piastri said, as quoted by lta.org.uk, “I grew up watching Andy? [Murray] as a kid. The Australian Open was something I always watched and at that point we had the big four with Andy, Roger [Federer], Rafa [Nadal] and Novak [Djokovic]. It?s very cool to meet him (Andy) all these years later – he?s a really nice guy and very down to earth so I enjoyed meeting him a lot.”

While Piastri enjoys his time off, McLaren is working in full force and burning the midnight oil to get him a redesigned MCL60. And parallelly, Carlos Alcaraz gears up for Wimbledon and adapts his game to the grass surface.

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