Australian Open: Carlos Alcaraz vows to ink a kangaroo if he completes Career Grand Slam | Tennis News

One Grand Slam Carlos Alcaraz is yet to win is the Australian Open. If he manages to win the ongoing Grand Slam event Down Under he will be the youngest ever to win the Career Grand Slam and ninth overall.
The 21-year-old has the habit of celebrating the host cities commemorating his major trophies with ink. When he won the Roland Garros in 2024 he tattooed the Eiffel Tower and when he won his first major in US Open in 2022 he inked the date and Wimbledon with a strawberry in the same year.
When asked how what tattoo would he go for if he were to win the Australian Open 2025 he said, “It’s gonna be a kangaroo. That’s my idea. The only thing that I miss is to lift the trophy here.”
Early blip but comes through
Alcaraz had an early blip but he did manage to win at Melbourne Park this week for a 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 victory over 33rd-ranked Nuno Borges of Portugal on Friday in the third round. There was a little stretch against Borges where Alcaraz went from well in control to suddenly being unable to put a shot in the court.
It was a bit startling to watch the score go from 2-all to 6-2 in Borges’ favor during the third-set tiebreaker, thanks largely to a string of unforced errors Alcaraz, who already owns a total of four major championships and is seeded No. 3 in Australia. A bad backhand. A bad forehand. A bad service return. And then, on Borges’ second set point, Alcaraz missed another forehand. That set was gone. Alcaraz’s resolve and superior shot-making returned in a blink, though, and he quickly was back on his way.
Early in the fourth set, Alcaraz earned a break point and let out his familiar shout of “Vamos!” — as certain a signal as any that he was himself. He converted that for a 2-0 lead with a typically spectacular sequence. “I’m trying to play different tennis, showing different kinds of shots,” said Alcaraz, who next faces No. 15 Jack Draper of Britain or Aleksandar Vukic of Australia. “That’s what makes me … smile on court.”
With Agency inputs

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