Serena Williams’ ex-coach Rennae Stubbs is worried for Carlos Alcaraz after his shaky start of the 2025 French Open semifinals, where he took on Lorenzo Musetti. After a poor final game, the Spaniard lost the opening set 6-4 to go 0-1 down in shocking start to the clash.
Alcaraz has a 5-1 lead in the head-to-head vs Musetti, and has not lost to the Italian since 2022. They have met twice this year already, with both clashes on clay going to the former World No. 1.
On Friday, however, a strange service game saw him surrender the opener on Court Philippe-Chartrier, with two important unforced errors paving the way for the break of serve.
Taking to social media, Rennae Stubbs called out the “undisciplined” manner in which Alcaraz played, at the same time praising Musetti.
“That was the undisciplined Alcaraz in that last game. Panicking and going for way too much on his FH. 2 very bad UF errors at 0-15 and 15-40. Lorenzo playing solid as a rock!” she said.
Stubbs was also worried that Alcaraz was too tight in the match, unlike his usually joyful self on the court.
“2 volleys on 2 huge points are hurting Carlos too. Backhand volley he normally makes at 3-3 1st point to pressure Musetti on his serve and then in that last game to go 30-30. Obviously super tight and unsure of himself today. No smiling, no vamos,” she added.
At the time of writing, the score was 2-2 in the second set, with both players having broken serve once each.
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