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Carlos Alcaraz responds to Netflix doc critics: 'I learned not thinking about anything the people say to me'

Originally posted on TennisUpToDate.com | Last updated May 8, 2025 6:06 PM ET

Carlos Alcaraz addressed the criticism of his Netflix docuseries ‘My Way’ and said he is satisfied with the result. The documentary, divided into three chapters, shows the 4-time Grand Slam champion's path to success and how he balances his personal life with his career.

The Spaniard has become one of the main stars of the Tour – or perhaps the main one – which generated interest in his docuseries showcasing the more personal side of the 22-year-old. However, not all reactions were positive, and Alcaraz addressed the criticism.

“One thing that I learned was about not thinking about anything the people say to me, or not the real people, my close people, my team, my family, or my close friends. I’m trying just to not think not about that. Yeah, I hear good things, bad things about that. So I just want to keep in my path, keep in my own way.”

“But sometimes they found it, like, weird following that path, enjoying life, not being such a professional that probably they could do it,” he added. “As I said, follow with the things that I want, that I like, my team, the things that my team tell me, my close people, my family and friends, and that’s it.”

The documentary also addressed Alcaraz's relationship with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and his agent Albert Molina, who have become people in the former world No. 1's inner circle. While Alcaraz tries to balance his career with rest and partying with friends and family, the coach reproaches ‘Carlitos’ for this taking him away from his dream of becoming one of the best in history.

“I'm not going to say ‘the fight,’ but the conversation we have, coach and player, we all have it,” said Alcaraz before his debut at Rome Open. “We all have that conversations about everything: about the tournaments, the practices, the things that I want to do that I probably don't have to.”

“Whoever says they don't have it, they lie. I think that's the beauty, you know, having mixed feelings, mixed point of view. At the end we go in the same path. We go all together. So, I think that's beautiful, as well. I think that's what I saw in the commentary, as well.”

The world No. 3 will debut this Friday, May 9th, against Serbian Dusan Lajovic, who came through qualifying and is coming off a win against Japanese Yoshito Nishioka in the first round. Alcaraz leads their head-to-head 4-0.

He's 21 years old and he wants to be the greatest tennis player in history.

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