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space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Alcaraz with Lopez inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s coach has claimed that the Spaniard needs to avoid showing his \u201cweaknesses\u201d after an emotional outburst during his Miami Open campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-defeat-shock-miami-open-ranking\">World No 1 Alcaraz suffered a shock early exit in Miami this year<\/a>, with the seven-time Grand Slam champion beaten 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the third round by 32nd seed Sebastian Korda.<\/p>\n<p>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz\u2019s<\/a> earliest defeat of the 2026 season to date, and the Spaniard seemed far from content during the match, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/miami-open-what-frustrated-carlos-alcaraz-told-team-exchange\">with the 22-year-old seen venting his frustrations towards his team during the contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/what-jannik-sinner-had-to-say-about-no-1-battle-with-carlos-alcaraz-as-he-makes-if-admission\">What Jannik Sinner had to say about No 1 battle with Carlos Alcaraz as he makes \u2018if\u2019 admission<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/emma-raducanu-told-follow-aryna-sabalenka-plan-coaching-saga-addressed\">Emma Raducanu told to follow Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s plan as coaching saga addressed by Wimbledon champion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Towards the start of the second set, the Spaniard was overheard saying: \u201cI can\u2019t take it anymore, I want to go home now, man. I can\u2019t take it anymore, I can\u2019t take it anymore, I can\u2019t take it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coach Samuel Lopez has known Alcaraz for several years and officially joined the world No 1\u2019s entourage ahead of the start of 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/who-is-samuel-lopez-man-set-to-lead-carlos-alcaraz-new-era-post-ferrero\">before becoming the Spaniard\u2019s sole head coach after the departure of Juan Carlos Ferrero<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez seemed to be the partial focus of Alcaraz\u2019s Miami outburst, and the coach has now addressed the incident in a new interview.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to<em> Eurosport Spain<\/em>, Lopez claimed that Alcaraz needed to learn to \u201ccontrol those impulses\u201d and not potentially give his opponents any glimmer of hope.<\/p>\n<p>He said (translated from Spanish): \u201cLet\u2019s see, I don\u2019t think it should be normalised in the sense of just leaving it as it is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also don\u2019t see it as anything surprising. He\u2019s 22, and you have to make him understand that these kinds of comments have a lot of impact, especially outside the team. Internally, we knew how we arrived in Miami and what the situation was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has to try to control those impulses that he has: he has always had them, and less and less each time. He has to control them, especially for the opponent, both the player and the opposing team, not to show those weaknesses in certain moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut beyond that, it\u2019s a way of expressing himself and releasing some of the tension and fatigue that builds up. There\u2019s no need to give it more importance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After failing to triumph in either Indian Wells or Miami during the Sunshine Swing, Alcaraz will look to bounce back across the clay-court swing.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard\u2019s clay season will start at the Monte Carlo Masters next week, where he is the defending champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/atp-rankings-could-jannik-sinner-replace-carlos-alcaraz-at-no-1-after-monte-carlo-masters\">and with his world No 1 status under threat from Jannik Sinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz is then set to compete at the ATP 500 Barcelona Open, before returning to the Masters 1000 events in Madrid \u2014 which he was forced to withdraw from in 2025 \u2014 and in Rome, where he is also the reigning champion.<\/p>\n<p>His clay season will culminate in the French Open, with the 22-year-old heading into the second Grand Slam of the year as the two-time reigning champion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? 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