John Isner teases Roger Federer about his once-blonde look after Carlos Alcaraz's viral new haircut

Following Carlos Alcaraz's new haircut that went viral among tennis fans, the former American tennis player John Isner gave his honest opinion about Roger Federer's once-blonde hairstyle. The latter transformed his hair during the 1998 Orange Bowl and maintained it till the beginning of 1999.

Alcaraz grabbed attention during the US Open, but because of his new buzzcut. The haircut was a result of a mistake made by his brother, Alvaro, while they were trying a different haircut. After this, the Spanish player had no option other than shaving it all off, and he went on to play the entire competition with the same haircut.

After the US Open triumph, Alcaraz celebrated it by bleaching his hair blonde, and it became a topic of discussion on the latest edition of the Nothing Major Podcast, hosted by Sam Querrey, John Isner, Steve Johnson, and Jack Sock. Talking about Alcaraz's haircut, they remembered all the tennis players who previously rocked the blonde look, consisting of Federer.

Isner gave his honest opinion about the Swiss's blonde hair, which he got in 1998, saying it 'awful.'

"You know what? I can't believe I'm saying this, but Federer did not do a good job with the blonde. I mean, can I go ahead and say it? Awful," said Isner (20:56 onwards).

Carlos Alcarz will be next seen at the Laver Cup, which is slated to take place from September 19 to 21, in San Francisco.

Carlos Alcaraz opens up about his reactions to his new haircut

In one of the press conferences at the US Open, Carlos Alcaraz let his feelings be known about garnering a lot of attention for his haircut. He shared that he has been taking all the reactions by people lightly, and could do nothing much about it.

"I mean, since I just show the people my haircut, I didn't see anything else in talking about my haircut. Some people like it. Some people don't like it. To be honest, I'm just laughing about the reaction of the people. It is what it is. So I can't do anything else right now, so I'm just laughing about everything that they are talking about my haircut," Carlos Alcaraz said, via The Tennis Letter on X.

Ahead of his showdown against Jannik Sinner at the final of US Open, Carlos Alcaraz also locked horns with him at the Cincinnati Open and got the better of the Italian there too by claiming a 5-0 win, as the latter walked over due to health concerns.