After Tennis
Carlsson was critical of the media who said that his father Lars-Göran pushed him too hard and in response to the criticism, said "it was wrong and on the contrary, he put the breaks on. I believed I was at my best, when I trained a lot and was never going to lose because of conditioning. I lost because my opponent was better on the day".
During his early years playing tennis Carlsson used to travel around in a caravan and ate in the tennis hall restaurant to save money. He is also critical of many of today's players who he believes are too spoilt.
After living in Monaco, Carlsson has moved back to Sweden and is a horse trainer for trotting races. He developed the interest as a teenager and it was natural for him to take this as a new career and said "there is a great deal of satisfaction from taking a horse from the beginning".
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