{"id":206223,"date":"2025-10-11T23:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/206223\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T23:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:45:09","slug":"carlos-alcarazs-coach-admits-he-took-a-big-risk-recently-which-could-have-led-to-injury-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/206223\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s coach admits he took a big \u2018risk\u2019 recently which could have led to injury issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMXlnMTNoeXE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz decided not to feature at the penultimate ATP Masters 1000 event of the 2025 season. <\/p>\n<p>After clinching the 24th title of his career at the Japan Open, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/opinion\/alexander-zverev-and-daniil-medvedev-have-both-just-been-given-a-great-opportunity-by-carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz withdrew from the Shanghai Masters<\/a>, citing \u2018some physical issues\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard sustained an ankle injury during his opening-round clash with Sebastian Baez in Tokyo, falling to the floor in pain after a point against the Argentine.<\/p>\n<p>Now, one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz<\/a>\u2018s coaches, Samuel Lopez, admitted his team took a big risk with the world number one after the scare.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2237314349-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Alcaraz reacts after injuring his ankle at the 2025 Japan Open\" class=\"wp-image-132815\" \/>Photo by Koji Watanabe\/Getty ImagesSamuel Lopez discusses Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s injury in Tokyo<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Open Court Podcast, Lopez said: \u201cIn Tokyo against Baez, he sprained his ankle, and we thought he was going to retire that same day, but he managed to save the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a day of rest the next day, and in the end, between the physio, Juan Carlos, me and him, we said that we could still continue, but it was also dependent on him, if he was able to endure the pain a little.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were able to control it, taking anti-inflammatory drugs, and he was able to hold out through the tournament with a grade two sprain, and had a lot of treatment every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, he could not go to Shanghai. He reached the final [In Tokyo] and won. We were taking a lot of risks, not because of the sprain, which was pretty much under control, but because in the end, subconsciously, you are going to put weight on it differently, and it can affect your knee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s dominant campaign at the Japan Open<\/p>\n<p>Despite the ankle sprain, Alcaraz dropped just one set throughout the entirety of his campaign at the Japan Open. <\/p>\n<p>The six-time major champion tore through his half of the draw, picking up comfortable wins against Baez, Zizou Bergs, and Brandon Nakashima. <\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz finally conceded a set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/casper-ruud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casper Ruud<\/a> in the semifinals, but fought back to secure the victory over the Norwegian and book his place in the final. <\/p>\n<p>He played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/taylor-fritz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Fritz<\/a> in the title bout and earned revenge after his loss to the American at the Laver Cup, beating him 6-4, 6-4 to hold the trophy aloft. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Carlos Alcaraz decided not to feature at the penultimate ATP Masters 1000 event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[6733,49,48,619,100839,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-206223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","12":"tag-samuel-lopez","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}