Carlos Alcaraz’s mischievously playful side surfaced during Team Europe’s post-tournament press conference at the 2024 Laver Cup. The Spaniard became quite animated and vocal as he reminded teammate Grigor Dimitrov to perform a striptease celebration.
Dimitrov had claimed during an earlier press conference that he would go naked if Team Europe won the 2024 Laver Cup. Fast forward to the post-tournament press conference with the team having won the event for the fifth time, a female reporter asked the Bulgarian if he remembered his claim.The rest of Team Europe then started teasing Dimitrov, with Carlos Alcaraz the loudest. The reigning Wimbledon champion shouted repeatedly:
“She wants to see!”
Watch the hilarious moment below:
Having lost the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Laver Cup, Team Europe was keen to reclaim the trophy, and they ultimately did. However, it wasn’t a cakewalk for the European contingent. For long stretches of the tournament, it seemed that Team World would win the trophy once again.In the end, it was Laver Cup debutant Alcaraz who ensured that the trophy would be coming back to Europe. The Spaniard dispatched 2024 US Open finalist Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 in the final match of this year’s edition of the team tennis event.
All in all, it turned out to be a memorable Laver Cup outing for the reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion.
Carlos Alcaraz made Laver Cup history on his 2024 debut in the team tennis competition
The resounding win over Taylor Fritz in the final match of the 2024 Laver Cup saw Carlos Alcaraz clinch 8 out of 13 points for Team Europe. It was a milestone as no single player at the team tennis tournament had previously managed to win as many points at the Laver Cup.
It is worth noting that the former World No. 1’s 2024 Laver Cup campaign didn’t get off to the best start. Alcaraz teamed up with World No. 2 Alexander Zverev for his debut at the event; a doubles match against Team World’s pairing of Fritz and Ben Shelton. The all-American duo stormed to a straight sets win over the European pair.However, from then on, there was no looking back for the Spaniard as he clinched his singles victories over Shelton and Fritz. Sandwiched between those wins was his doubles victory alongside Casper Ruud against Frances Tiafoe and Shelton.
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