The build-up to the US Open 2023 continued at Arthur Ashe Stadium as tennis stars participated in various events organized by the tournament. There have been practice matches, celebrity games, open training sessions and now a fun soccer game to entertain the crowds at the Flushing Meadows. Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz teamed up to compete in a tennis x soccer game at an PR event hosted by the US Open. The duo showed great chemistry and the fans’ on social media started dropping their thoughts on the soccer skills of their favorite tennis stars, with some comparing Alcaraz and Swiatek to Lionel Messi.
The video posted by the US Open official account gained tremendous response and tennis fans’ all around the globe enjoyed watching two of their favorite stars team up for the event. Some people even suggested Alcaraz and Swiatek to team up and compete in the mixed doubles tournament as well.
Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek show off their soccer skills
The world number 1’s Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek participated in a fun tennis x soccer match at the US Open event. The players can be seen engaged in a header battle against their opponents and trying to return every ball over the net. Alcaraz and Swiatek eventually won the point to the delirium of the crowd. After winning the point the duo did the signature Nadal fist-pump to celebrate it.
Fans’ started to compare the skills of their favorite tennis stars to Lionel Messi. The Argentine superstar ahs recently moved to Inter Miami and has had an amazing impact straightaway. Messi has been giving sleepless nights to every defender in USA and the fans’ jokingly started to compare Alcaraz and Swiatek’s game to that of Lionel Messi.
Lionel Messi has taken the Major League Soccer (MLS) by storm, scoring and assisting goals every game. The Argentine has already made a positive impact on the team and helped Inter Miami reach the final of a tournament. Messi, who won the World Cup with Argentina, has been unstoppable and the MLS defenders have ran out of idea to try and stop him. This tweet was sarcastically comparing the duo of Alcaraz and Swiatek to the MLS defenders.
Fans want to see more of Alcaraz and Swiatek together
Watching their favorite tennis players’ team up is always an amazing experience for the fans. We have previously seen the tennis world love Nadal-Federer and Djokovic-Murray play doubles together, and now tennis fans want to see more matches with Alcaraz and Swiatek playing together at mixed doubles.
Iga Swiatek and Alcaraz are both world number 1, in women’s and men’s tennis respectively and tennis fans’ across the globe enjoyed the chemistry that they shared on court.
Swiatek and Alcaraz have had good relationship for a long time and are close friends. Both number 1’s in the world to put on a show and live up to their favorites tag at the US Open 2023.
