"Please cover your chest!" After hearing a female colleague's remark, he changed his 'embarrassing outfit.' He replied, "The tennis star heard my words," but the championship title was still lost.

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World No. 3 men's tennis player Carlos Alcaraz (23, Spain) experienced a bizarre incident in which he accepted criticism of his revealing outfit and changed his attire. However, he failed to achieve back-to-back titles at the 2026 US Open tennis tournament.

The UK's "The Sun" recently reported that "Alcaraz accepted a female colleague's comment about exposed nipples and modified his match outfit to be more modest."

Alcaraz wore a sheer brown sleeveless top in the first two rounds of this tournament. Eugenie Bouchard (32, Canada), a former Wimbledon runner-up who saw him, joked on social media (SNS): "I love Carlos, but you must cover your nipples."

Alcaraz immediately accepted the message. In his third-round match against Wu Yibing of China, he wore white innerwear under his existing sleeveless top and secured a 3-0 (6-3 6-4 6-1) victory.

When asked about the reason for changing his outfit, Alcaraz smiled and said, "It seemed like people had seen my nipples too much recently. I feel more comfortable wearing a shirt over it, so I plan to keep this attire." He added, "I was slightly bothered by my outfit during the second round as well. Wearing an extra layer was entirely my decision."

Bouchard also responded by sharing photos of Alcaraz from the third round on her social media, stating, "He heard my words."

However, Alcaraz's championship run ended in the quarterfinals. Ben Shelton (No. 9, USA) defeated Alcaraz 3-2 in the men's singles quarterfinal match held on the 8th at Flushing Meadows in New York City, USA. Shelton overpowered Alcaraz with a powerful serve reaching speeds of up to 235 km/h.

The two players engaged in a fierce battle lasting four hours and 28 minutes. The match, which began around 11:05 p.m., concluded at 3:33 a.m. the following day. This set a record as the latest-ending match in US Open history.

Alcaraz, who returned to a major tournament after four months following a wrist injury, postponed his goal of back-to-back titles and his third career title with this defeat.

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