Inside Alcaraz’s $200 golf game with Masters | Sports News

Carlos Alcaraz claimed his sixth Grand Slam trophy on the US Open over the weekend, overcoming his fiercest rival, Jannik Sinner, within the last.

The world No. 1 launched into a exceptional journey in Flushing Meadows, surrendering only one set and struggling solely three service breaks during your complete match.

However, during his downtime, he was concentrating on a completely different sport fully — golf. Alcaraz had 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia cheering him on from the stands during his last few matches, and the pair even wagered $200 on a golf showdown simply days earlier than the lads’s singles championship in New York.

Following his quarterfinal victory over Jiri Lehecka, Alcaraz promised the viewers that he would “100 percent” be hitting the hyperlinks during his two-day break earlier than the semifinals.

When questioned about what he’d require to have a likelihood towards Garcia, the 22 12 months previous quipped: “I mean, he has to give me between 10 to 15 shots. I’m not that good, Sergio, come on.”

Following his subsequent match, Alcaraz supplied an replace on their golf outing, declaring to the US Open viewers: “He owes me $200 right now!”

That wasn’t the Spanish sensation’s solely victory final week. He proceeded to defeat Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in Sunday’s championship match to secure his second US Open crown.

Garcia returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium to watch Alcaraz hoist his sixth Major championship. He subsequently revealed exactly how their golf competitors unfolded.

They have been accompanied by Spanish golfer David Puig and Juan Carlos Ferrero, Alcaraz’s coach, who’s a former world No. 1 and Grand Slam champion, on the unique Deepdale Golf Club on Long Island.

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“David and Carlitos played against Juan Carlos and me. We gave Ferrero (handicap 1.4) 9 points and Carlos (11.4) 18,” Garcia informed Marca.

“We played $100 for the front nine, $100 for the back nine, and $200 overall. But since we tied on the front nine, we put everything in the final pot.

“Overall, it was superb, some good pictures and others worse. The reality is, we have been all a bit rusty. David hadn’t touched a membership for a week and a half; I had performed one spherical during that time. But there have been a number of birdies.

“On the 18th, in the end, they beat us and I had to pay Carlos, but since I only had $200 on me, I told him, ‘I’ll give it to you later’. After the semifinal match, I went and paid him. ‘Here, so you don’t go around saying I owe you money’.”