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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Carlos Alcaraz plays a shot                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz says he has made his feelings clear about his unhappiness with chair umpires\u2019 strictness when it comes to the shot clock rule as he admitted that he doesn\u2019t have much hope that things will change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-atp-time-rule-argument-umpire-qatar-open\">The world No 1 slammed the \u201cs***\u201d rule<\/a> during his recent title run at the Qatar Open after he got involved in an intense exchange with the chair umpire following a time violation during his quarter-final win over Karen Khachanov.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> told his team: \u201cThe ATP rules are always s***, it\u2019s s***, s***\u201d and also addressed the issue during his post-match press conference as he stated: \u201cPersonally, I think there should be a bit more leniency, even a reconsideration of the rule, because in such tough matches, the same thing always happens, and to me, it\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the first time that he has had a problem with the rule, as he also got involved in a spat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-rant-umpire-japan-open-final-tokyo-warning\">during the Japan Open<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>Although he didn\u2019t have any issues with the 25-second shot clock rule during his second-round win over Grigor Dimitrov at the Indian Wells Open, the seven-time Grand Slam winner was quizzed about the issue after his match.<\/p>\n<h2>Carlos Alcaraz News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/novak-djokovic-pays-carlos-alcaraz-huge-compliment-and-backs-him-to-break-demanding-record\">Novak Djokovic pays Carlos Alcaraz huge compliment and backs him to break \u2018demanding\u2019 record<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/former-world-no-1-praises-carlos-alcaraz-speaking-up-s-rule\">Former world No 1 praises Carlos Alcaraz for speaking up over \u2018s***\u2019 rule \u2013 \u2018I love that\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I haven\u2019t spoke to them. To be honest, nobody came to me to ask me what is my opinion about it,\u201d Alcaraz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s like, yeah, it\u2019s gonna be like that, I would say. I don\u2019t want to waste my time, to be honest, because there have been other situations that you go to complain or to give your opinion and then nothing changes at all, so I don\u2019t want to waste my time. They already know my opinion, what\u2019s it been like for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo let\u2019s see if they\u2019re gonna change it or not, but I just really want to be focused on other things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the rule is more about discretion, he replied: \u201cYeah, I think so. We could see that there are different umpires. So it\u2019s just about with one or two probably, the same guys that just have been a problem with a lot of matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there are other umpires that they are flexible about it. I would say if they understand about tennis, they know how to do it. The guys who are really strict and not having that left hand (phonetic), let\u2019s say, is because they don\u2019t understand tennis at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Want more from Tennis365? 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