Alcaraz reveals “big” Australian Open goal after beating Shelton at Madison Square Garden

Carlos Alcaraz has set his sights on completing a career Grand Slam at the 2025 Australian Open. He revealed the same after defeating Ben Shelton (4-6, 6-2, 1-0) in an exhibition held at the Madison Square Garden, New York, on Wednesday (December 4).

Alcaraz has already conquered the French Open (2024), Wimbledon (2023-24), and the US Open (2022) but not reached further than the quarter-finals (2024) at the Australian Open — the missing piece of his career’s Grand Slam puzzle.

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Thus, the Spaniard vowed to fight for the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup when he lands in Melbourne in January 2025.

“The only Grand Slam that I miss is Australian Open,” the world No 3 told Tennis Channel in New York. “So I go for it. Hopefully in 2025, I’ll make it, you know, this big and really important goal for me to come into the season. But it’s always difficult to approach a Grand Slam. A lot of players who’re working really really hard to make it but you know, I have to put big goals on myself, on my back and hopefully make in 2025.”

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