"I'm so, so bad" - Carlos Alcaraz makes hilarious admission about his golf skills, reveals how he will use it to prepare for Wimbledon final

Carlos Alcaraz hilariously claimed that he was very bad at golf despite loving the sport. The Spaniard also said that there was a high chance of him playing it ahead of the Wimbledon final.

Alcaraz booked his place in a title clash at the grass-court Major for the second year running after coming back from a set down to defeat fifth seed Daniil Medvedev 6-7(1), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. He thus reached his second straight Grand Slam final, having previously won the French Open.

Speaking in his on-court interview after the match, Alcaraz was asked to compare his skills in golf to that in tennis. The 21-year-old laughingly said that he was "so, so bad" at the sport and that he also loved playing it.

The Spaniard also said that there was a "high percentage" of him trying his hand at golf before the Wimbledon final forn the sake of calming himself before the match.

"I'm so, so bad. Comparing to my tennis, I love playing golf, I'm not too good, just finding balls every time. I can't hit straight but it tells me a lot to turn off my mind a little bit, not think about tennis and relax a little bit. Tomorrow, there is a huge percentage that I'm gonna play golf just to calm myself and yeah, I must say that I love playing but I'm not too good," Alcaraz said.

Before defeating Medvedev, the World No. 3 defeated Mark Laja, Aleksandar Vukic, 29th seed Frances Tiafoe, 16th seed Ugo Humbert and 12th seed Tommy Paul.

Carlos Alcaraz: "Golf allows me to disconnect from the intensity of the tennis court"

Carlos Alcaraz after defeating Daniil Medvedev in the Wimbledon semifinals

Earlier, during one of his post-match press conference at Wimbledon 2024, Carlos Alcaraz spoke about the importance of golf to him. The Spaniard said that playing the sport helped him keep calm and not think about tennis.

"Well everytime that I can, I try to go to play golf. There's something that helps me a lot to turn off my mind a little bit, not to think about the match the day before. The atmosphere that golf brings to you is a beautiful one, and yeah, as I said, it's a sport that I love to play and yea, it help me a lot to stay calm, not to think about tennis and every time that I can, I try to go.

After defeating Daniil Medvedev, Carlos Alcaraz will next take on either World No. 2 Novak Djokovic or 25th seed Lorenzo Musetti in the Wimbledon final.

The Spaniard previously beat the Serb in the title clash of the 2023 edition of the London Major, beofre losing to him in the final of the Cincinnati Masters and the semifinals of the ATP Finals. Djokovic currently has a 3-2 head-to-head lead over him.

Alcaraz has fated much better against Musetti, leading 3-1 in the head-to-head against the Italian. Their most recent encounter came in the fourth round of the Miami Open earlier this year, with the Spaniard winning 6-3, 6-3.

If Carlos Alcaraz wins the Wimbledon final, he will become the youngest man to successfully defend his title at the grass-court Major since Boris Becker in 1986.