Carlos Alcarazwho fell this Sunday in the final of the Rio de Janeiro Open against British Cameron Norrie, He said he would check on the problems he felt in the leg and that they hit him in the match before confirming if he would play in the Acapulco tournament, next on his tour.
Although he tried to play down the problems with his right leg and attribute them to the demands of the calendar, the 19-year-old tennis player from Murcia, number two in the world, He admitted that the inconvenience made the defeat difficult and he will review the situation with his team before confirming whether or not to maintain his current tour.
“This is something to think about. I will check with the physiotherapist and the doctor“, assured the current champion of the United States Open in a press conference, when asked if he will go to Acapulco or if he will try to recover to get to better conditions in Indian Wells and Miami.
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“You have to see the severity of the injury and see what I have with the hamstring, and, from there, check to see if I can play in Acapulco without too much risk.“added Alcaraz, whose loss on Sunday prevented him from becoming the first tennis player to win South America’s only ATP 500 tournament twice and retain the title he won in 2022 in Rio.
The Murcian made it clear that his desire is to go to Acapulco because he has very good memories of the tournament he played in the Mexican resort in 2021. and he will do everything to recover and try to play in Mexico.
Alcaraz, who returned to the ATP circuit two weeks ago after being out of work for four months due to injuries, which prevented him from playing in tournaments at the beginning of the year and cost him the first place in the ranking , won the Argentina Open on Sunday. and now He is a finalist in Rio de Janeiro.
The Murcian attributed his problems to a difficult schedule which began after a long recovery.
“The calendar is very demanding and I give my best for 15 days, without stopping on any day, and When there are fights like this, in the end, discomfort comes out“, he claimed.
He assured that these discomforts forced him to ask his physiotherapist to bandage his leg in the middle of the second sleeve.
“It’s hard to feel pain in the same muscle where I had an injury a few months ago. That’s why I wrapped it up: I asked the physio and I tried to play at my best level with him,” he said.
He admitted that the discomfort affected his performance because, when a tennis player is not feeling well, he prefers not to risk more than necessary or play more aggressively or faster. “So (the problem) has greatly influenced (your performance)“, he assured.
In the loss against Norrie, whom he defeated last Sunday in the final of the Argentine Open, He remembered that he won the first set and won the second set 3-0 but he did not know how to take advantage of the options. who appeared to win.
“And when you don’t take advantage of options against a great player like Norrie in an ATP 500 final, eventually they come back to haunt you. Unfortunately, physically I wasn’t able to finish at my best level either, but this is what you have to survive in a very difficult calendar. So now to recover,” he said.
Alcaraz said that, with the title and the final, the tournaments in Argentina and Brazil helped him gain confidence, gain competition speed and regain the level he had before his injury.
The defeat against the number 13 in the ATP ranking prevented the world number two from defending the title he won in 2022; that he succeeded in his first defense of an ATP title and that he became the first tennis player to win twice in Brazil and the first to win the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires and the ATP 500 in Rio in the same year.
He also prevented the Murcian from adding the 500 points he needed to match Novak Djokovic in the first place in the world ranking.
Source: La Verdad
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