{"id":101734,"date":"2025-08-29T21:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/101734\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:37:07","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-gives-immediate-injury-update-after-calling-physio-at-us-open-tennis-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/101734\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz gives immediate injury update after calling physio at US Open | Tennis | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> has addressed injury fears after calling the physio during his third-round match at the US Open. The world No. 2 led Luciano Darderi by a break in the second set when he suddenly lost four games in a row and pulled up on his knee.<\/p>\n

The trainer came to the court, and Alcaraz could be heard explaining that he felt something on his serve. The Spaniard rejected the offer of strapping but received a three-minute medical timeout, where his leg was massaged before play resumed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the serve, when I\u2019m bending my leg, my knee, it\u2019s feeling like\u2026 I can play right now but the first four, five points after that I was thinking like\u2026 I just, I mean, let\u2019s do a massage because I\u2019m not used to\u2026\u201d the 2022 champion was heard telling the physio.<\/p>\n

While Alcaraz received a rubdown, commentator Jim Courier explained: \u201cSounds like the way he explained it, he landed or felt something funny after a regulation serve.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t appear to be anything out of the ordinary about the service motion, but it seemed, in that point, he wasn\u2019t able to move as freely. He was keeping that leg a little straighter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best news that we\u2019ve been able to listen to is that after the first four or five points of the problem, it seems to be improving.\u201d<\/p>\n

The massage seemed to do the trick; Alcaraz didn\u2019t lose another game after calling the physio. He broke to take the second set immediately after receiving treatment, and then stormed through the decider to win 6-2 6-4 6-0.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, Alcaraz told the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd that he wasn\u2019t worried about a potential knee injury, and just wanted to take precautions going into a third set.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no, no, I\u2019m feeling good, it\u2019s just a complication that I asked for the physio,\u201d the five-time Major winner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he just broke my serve in the last point, I just feel something that is not working good in the game. But after five, six points it was gone. I just asked for the physio just to take care of the knee because it was one set left so I had to be ready, to be feeling good physically, so I just took a precaution. I\u2019m going to talk with my team but I think I\u2019m not worried about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcaraz is now through to the second week of the US Open for the fourth time in his young career, where he\u2019s guaranteed to face a Frenchman, as he meets the winner of a third-round match between Arthur Rinderknech and Daniil Medvedev<\/a>‘s conqueror, Benjamin Bonzi.<\/a><\/p>\n

And the world No. 2 is definitely feeling good, as he\u2019s been getting on the golf course<\/a> in between matches – and he celebrated his win over Darderi with a shadow swing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere in New York, it\u2019s a little bit difficult to find some spots that I can feel relaxed, but the golf is one of those sports that I can feel relaxed, feel calm, thinking about my things and having fun off the court,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen when I\u2019m stepping on the court, I\u2019m just playing my best tennis, playing with a smile on my face, playing with joy, which, for me, is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n

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