Stubbs critical of Alcaraz fist pumping in Roland Garros tie against Djokovic: "What are you doing"

Rennae Stubbs criticized Carlos Alcaraz for pumping up the crowd during his match against Novak Djokovic at the 2023 French Open.

The former tennis player expressed her disagreement with the Spanish player's attitude in the semifinals of Roland Garros. After equalizing the match in the second set, the young star celebrated by pumping his arms to the crowd.

"We all knew the match was going to be the semifinals, and Alcaraz learned a very big lesson about when you go into these matches, you have to be able to control your nerves, your anxiety level, your stress, your fist pumping," Stubbs said.

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The commentator didn’t like Alcaraz's attitude, considering that he was celebrating too early, especially since he had only tied the match 1-1 in sets.

"Even when he won the second set, he double-pumped to the crowd with his arms in the air. My first immediate thought when he did that was, 'What are you doing.' Like, yes, that's a big set, yes, it's a great achievement, but man, you've got to win two more of those against this guy."

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Stubbs emphasized the importance of the Spanish player maintaining composure in crucial moments and compared it to ‘Nole’s’ ability to hanle such situations:

“So you’ve got to calm down, bring all the levels down, like everything, you’ve got to bring it all down. That’s what Novak does better than anybody. He’s able to manage a five set match. Even when he’s not playing well, you see him just be like ‘I’m going to be fine,’ and Alcaraz has to learn that, how to handle that moment.”

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