“Yeah, it’s horrible. It’s terrible. I mean, it’s definitely terrible. He’s my guy, though. It’s funny,” said Carlos Alcaraz’s friend, Frances Tiafoe. Why? Imagine having gorgeous wavy hair and suddenly chopping it all off for a buzz cut. Sounds horrendous, right? That’s exactly what Alcaraz did. Ahead of his clash with Reilly Opelka, he walked onto the court for a warm-up and stunned the world with a bald look that set the tennis community buzzing. And guess what? He’s finally revealed the truth; it was a mistake.

After defeating Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the first round, he sat down with the media at the presser. The very first question that came out of their mouths was, “What’s with that hair?” A buzz cut would have been fine, but this was more like a military cut, with little

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