The Lacoste factor: Three out of four previous losses dealt to Carlos Alcaraz by players sponsored by clothing manufacturer

Spain’s young sensation Carlos Alcaraz has suffered some disappointing results in the recent past.

While every disappointing result does not have a pattern or connection with another. But in the case of the 20-year-old, there is an interesting pattern.

Three out of his recent four defeats came from players who are associated with a fashion brand Lacoste.

Those players are Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic.

Alcaraz’s recent defeat came in the round of 16 of the Shanghai Masters to Dimitrov with a score of 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.

The world number two is often regarded as the best young male player currently player in the circuit.

He becomes the talk of the town after defeating the current world number one Djokovic in the final of Wimbledon in a five-set thrilling contest with a score of 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1, 3–6, 6–4.

It was Alcaraz’s second Grand Slam title as he also won the US Open last year after defeating Norway’s Casper Ruud in the final with a score of 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3.

Other than that, he also played in the semifinal of the French Open and US Open this year where he lost to Djokovic and Medvedev, respectively.