When in discussion with the BBC's Clare Balding about Wimbledon, John McEnroe invited Carlos Alcaraz to his place in Manhattan, New York (believed), to tell him how he manages to smile during tense and highly competitive tennis matches.
McEnroe is in awe of Alcaraz's ability to stay calm, focused and above all be able to smile and apparently enjoy the tension.
In the past Alcaraz has said that he has learned to suck up the tension and enjoy it. It is a way of dealing with it. He has focused hard on the mental side of the game to great advantage. And so mature for a young man. Carlos said that smiling during matches helps him to win and he considers it very important. I suspect it is because it allows him to express his tennis talents unencumbered with mental blocks. It frees him up.
For McEnroe, Alcaraz has the best attitude of any professional tennis player he has seen. No one compares which is a huge asset to Alcaraz.
Not only does he have all the shots he has the rock solid mindset to back up his top quality tennis skill set.
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