Emma Raducanu’s Coach Sends Ominous Message About Carlos Alcaraz’s Miami Open Future After Recent Heartbreak

Emma Raducanu’s coach, Mark Petchey, shared his thoughts on Carlos Alcaraz’s future at the Miami Open. He issued a major statement shortly after the World No. 1’s shocking upset at the tournament.

Alcaraz opened his Miami Open campaign on March 21 against Joao Fonseca. After defeating the Brazilian, he met Sebastian Korda in the third round on March 23. Here, the Spaniard faced a shocking upset after the American won the first and the tie-breaker third set of the tournament, claiming a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 victory. This marked his second loss of the 2026 season after the semifinals of the Indian Wells.

Shortly after his upset in Miami, the Big T podcast hosts, Mark Petchey and Andrea Petkovic, sat for a conversation, where the former analyzed the Spaniard’s game. He issued an ominous message about his future at the Miami Open, stating that he might never win the tournament due to the tennis calendar.

“So that was that was exciting and again I think that you know the tennis season is I think it’s quite difficult and I think you we forget how young Carlos is and coming off doing the career slam the youngest man to ever do that to then go into the Middle East to then obviously play in Indian Wells, these tournaments are so long now that there’s a long time for you to stay in the game, honestly, obviously he’s won here before, Carlos it may be that this is the tournament he never wins again because of just because of the way the calendar is,” Petchey said.

Before the Miami Open, Alcaraz lost to Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals at Indian Wells on March 15.

Carlos Alcaraz Makes His Feelings Known About His Miami Open Loss

After losing to Sebastian Korda in the second round of the Miami Open, Carlos Alcaraz addressed the media, where he made his feelings known about the upset. Talking about his opponent’s game, he praised his form and called it a ‘tough’ match.

“Well, I think it was a it was a tough match obviously. Um, I think Sebie was a, you know, was incredible today. Played such a great game. Uh, you know, a lot of tight tight moments that I just didn’t make the most of it. And I thin he was better on that points on that moment and it was that I would say that was a that was the key of the of the match. So just uh congrats to him and uh I think he deserve it,” Carlos Alcaraz said.

Carlos Alcaraz opened his 2026 season at the Australian Open, where he met Novak Djokovic in the final. After a terrific showdown, the Spaniard registered an impressive 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 win.