"The player has to get used to that": Alcaraz weighs in on ball changes after Fritz and Tsitsipas criticism

Spain’s tennis star Carlos Alcaraz is of the opinion that it is the player’s responsibility to adapt to the change of balls on the tour.

There has been concern shown by some players, including the likes of America’s Taylor Fritz, about how difficult it has been to cope with the change of balls.

Alcaraz was recently quoted in a report where he admitted that it has not been easy to deal with the change of balls but also believes that it is the responsibility of the players to deal with changing circumstances.

"I felt it since the first practice that I did here in Beijing,” he said. “It is something tough, but the tennis player has to (get) used to that. They change balls in every tournament or almost in every tournament is a different ball. You have to get used to that.

“It’s kind of different feeling when you are coming into a tournament, is like: What is going to be the ball? It’s a question that I think every player is asking themself about the balls.

"Here in just one game, two games, the ball becomes different from the new ones. It’s kind of different play, and you have to get used to that.”

Alcaraz became the talk of the town as he defeated Serbia’s legendary tennis star Novak Djokovic in a five-set thrilling final of Wimbledon earlier this year with a score of 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1, 3–6, 6–4.