Five-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz has admitted that negativity on social media has a significant impact on him.
Carlos Alcaraz for the Financial Times
I use social media a lot and it's not a very good environment - not to say a horrible one. It's become a very important tool for work, but on a personal level it's a very ugly world. In the end nothing on there is real. And then aside from that, there are a lot of people who can reach you with a simple comment and can hurt you. I think that there is no worse weapon than words.
Alcaraz, who is 22 years old, became the youngest tennis player in history to top the ATP world rankings. He has already won five Grand Slam titles.
His notable victories include winning the US Open in 2022, Wimbledon in 2023 and 2024, and the French Open in 2024 and 2025, as reported by the Financial Times.
