No, Carlos Alcaraz’s personal hairstylist, Victor Martinez, did not give him the new makeover. The reason behind Alcaraz’s buzzcut, which he himself called “weird,” was his brother, Alvaro Alcaraz.

Italy has long valued some of life’s more refined pleasures – food, art, fashion, all set against the country’s crumbling architecture. Now, that cultural smorgasbord includes a new and perhaps ...