Some are heavy and even scary," Alcaraz talks about hate messages on social media

Carlos Alcaraz was present at the press conference at Queen's after his victory against Adam Walton.

He was also asked about the hateful and threatening messages tennis players can receive. The Spaniard states: "I get them too. There are really extravagant messages.

I won't list all the messages I've received, but they are very heavy and some even scare you. Obviously, when you lose, you get a lot of messages.

Some are rather positive, others rather negative. I prefer not to think about it.

I learn when I lose not to check social media too much, because sometimes, when I lost a match in the first round or a match I shouldn't have lost, I saw the messages and it affected me a lot.

Sometimes, it's hard to handle.