One of the BBC’s commentary team at Queen’s hit back at Carlos Alcaraz’s frustrations.
BBC tennis commentator Andrew Castle bizarrely hit back at Carlos Alcaraz after the Spaniard allegedly was not happy at how his name was being pronounced during his Queen’s Club defeat to home favourite Jack Draper.
The Brit claimed a 7-6, 6-3 victory over the reigning Wimbledon champion, but between points Alcaraz made it known that he was not happy with Castle and Beeb co-commentator John Lloyd deciding against pronouncing his name the correct Spanish way.
Castle referred to Alcaraz as ‘Al-ca-raz’ rather than ‘Al-ca-rath’ and left the 21-year-old frustrated, before the top seed was defeated by the in-form Draper, who is curiously hitting his stride in time for the summer Grand Slam.
But as Castle was made aware of Alcaraz’s complaints, he began ranting about pronunciations in tennis live on air. He started: “Is he (Alcaraz) talking about how he wants his name said? No… if you go on the pronunciation, by the way if anyone’s getting all wound up because we’re saying ‘Al-car-az’ or ‘Al-ca-rath’, here’s the thing: His name is ‘Al-ca-rath but if you go on the pronunciation on the ATP’s website it’s ‘Al-ca-raz’.
