"It's not an advantage for me" - Carlos Alcaraz defends his father after accusations of him filming Novak Djokovic's Wimbledon practice

Carlos Alcaraz has responded to accusations levied against his father of filming Novak Djokovic during his practice sessions at Wimbledon. Alcaraz defended his father, saying that he wasn't trying to give his son any undue advantage.

Alcaraz and Djokovic, the top two seeds at SW19, have reached the semifinals, where they will take on Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner respectively. If they face off in the final it will be their second Slam meeting of the year, having previously met in the semifinals of the French Open last month.

At Roland Garros the Serb came out on top, beating Alcaraz in four sets before going on to win the title.

Reports emerged a couple of days ago that the Spaniard's father was filming Djokovic's private practice session, leading many fans to express outrage. Following his quarterfinal win over Holger Rune at Wimbledon, a routine 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-4 affair, Alcaraz was asked about the incident with his father.

The World No. 1 admitted that it was "probably true," as his father is a big fan of tennis and would have enjoyed watching a legend like Djokovic train.

"Oh, probably it is true. My father is a huge fan of tennis. He doesn't only watch my matches," Alcaraz said.

"I think he get into the club at 11 a.m., get out at 10 p.m., watching matches, watching practice from everyone. Be able to watch Djokovic in real life, yeah, probably it is true he's film the sessions," he added.

When prompted if he did so with the intention of giving his son a competitive advantage, the World No. 1 was quick to dismiss the notion. In Alcaraz's opinion, there are so many videos of Novak Djokovic training available on the internet that he does not need his father to secretly videotape the Serb to gain any advantage.

"I don't think so. I mean, I have a lot of videos from Djokovic on every platform. I think it's not an advantage for me," Alcaraz said.

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"I'm playing great, a lot of confidence right now" - Carlos Alcaraz ahead of Wimbledon SF against Daniil Medvedev

Day Ten: The Championships - Wimbledon 2023

Looking ahead to his Wimbledon semifinal against Daniil Medvedev, Carlos Alcaraz said he expects a great contest against a tough opponent. The duo have met once previously at SW19 in 2021, which was Alcaraz's debut year at the tournament, where Medvedev prevailed in straight sets.

Ahead of the upcoming clash, the Spaniard said both he and Medvedev are playing well right now.

"Well, he's really tall, you know. He's playing great here on grass. He has a great, great year as well. I lost the first match we played here on grass. So I have to learn about it."

"But going to enjoy the semifinal. I think I'm playing great, a lot of confidence right now. So it's going to be a really good match I think. I going to enjoy," Carlos Alcaraz said.