Carlos Alcaraz was recently the victim of a playful April Fool’s Day prank by French sporting equipment manufacturer Babolat, which left him feeling “hurt”and embarrassed.
Babolat shared a video on social media showcasing Alcaraz’s skills as he stood on one end of a house, attempting to hit a ball into a target basket placed on the opposite side. A video monitor was placed nearby to display his progress. Despite several near misses, Alcaraz eventually succeeded in landing one ball in the target.
After feeling immense joy, the young Spaniard begins to jump in excitement. However, as time passes, Alcaraz starts to doubt if he had successfully completed the challenge. He then requests the Babolat team to show him the video of his attempt. Upon reviewing the footage, he discovers that he had actually missed the target. As a prank, one of the team members slyly puts another ball into the basket.
“You have hurt my feelings. You all guys,”Alcaraz jokingly said after watching the video of him missing the ball in the successful attempt.
The uproarious prank had tennis enthusiasts doubled over in laughter as they commended Carlos Alcaraz for his sportsmanship. Some were also impressed by the Spaniard’s naivety and graciousness in handling the April Fool’s Day joke.
“That was a little messed up. Love the way he said you hurt my feelings. It was dirty!”a fan wrote on Reddit.
“Poor Carlos, I feel like his personality is the type that you could repeatedly fool him every year with something new and always get him, so naive and trusting 😭”, wrote another fan on Reddit.
“He was so excited like a puppy 😭😭”, a fan wrote.
“Looks like he would have eventually made it anyway!”another fan wrote.
Below are additional fan responses to the April Fool’s Day prank played on Carlos Alcaraz:
Rafael Nadal to defend title at Monte-Carlo Masters
Carlos Alcaraz is set to compete in the upcoming Monte-Carlo Masters, starting on April 7. This will be his second time participating in the tournament, and he has been seeded as the No. 3 player. While he did not compete in the Monte-Carlo Masters last year, the 20-year-old did make an appearance in 2022, where he was eliminated in the second round by Sebastian Korda.
Alcaraz’s focus will now shift to the clay court tournaments of the 2024 ATP tour, following his victory at the Indian Wells Masters which marked his first title of the year. As the second seed and defending champion, he defeated top players like Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner, and Daniil Medvedev on his way to claiming the title.
Despite losing to Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open, Carlos Alcaraz has had an impressive year on the ATP tour, winning 15 matches and reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the semifinals of the Argentina Open.
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