\u201cWhen it’s so hot, we try to focus almost exclusively on the serve. You notice it’s so complicated that you forget about your opponent’s condition, although I try to think about the other player’s condition too,\u201d Alcaraz said of the searing heat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m from Murcia and it’s very hot there, so I’m used to it and I try not to let it affect me. When I see my opponent struggling, I try to make the point even longer.”<\/p>\n
Alcaraz employed the brutal tactic against his latest opponent, Hamad Medjedovic, on Tuesday. The young Serbian star was clearly struggling throughout the match and called the doctor, eventually losing 6-4 6-4.<\/p>\n
After the match, Alcaraz admitted that he took advantage of Medjedovic\u2019s physical struggles, adding: \u201cToday I was playing against a powerful opponent, but I was very focused throughout and was able to move him well from side to side.<\/p>\n
\u201cI noticed he was having some problems due to the hot conditions. He called a doctor, and it was obvious, so I tried to take advantage of his mistakes and push him even further to the limit.\u201d<\/p>\n
The world No. 2 will now face Italian qualifier Luca Nardi as he hunts a spot in the quarter-finals. Nardi benefitted from a retirement in his last match, when No. 16 seed Jakub Mensik suddenly threw in the towel while losing 6-2 2-1.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz may not have any issues with the rising temperatures, but the brutal conditions have had a worrying effect on some of his colleagues.<\/p>\n
Arthur Rinderknech collapsed during his third-round match on Monday<\/a> and retired moments later, while Francisco Comesana fell ill on Tuesday but recovered to beat Reilly Opelka.<\/p>\n Britain\u2019s Cameron Norrie threw up on court after his opening-round defeat to Roberto Bautista Agut, and Daniil Medvedev<\/a> stuck his head in a fridge during his shock loss to Adam Walton.<\/p>\n The incidents have sparked concern, and Roger Federer<\/a>\u2019s ex-coach Ivan Ljubicic tweeted: \u201cNobody wins when players are fainting because of extreme conditions… Which other sport does this ? … players are asked to go out day after day to complete in such conditions… Has nothing to do with being fit.\u201d<\/p>\n To be the first to receive the latest tennis news, join our WhatsApp community<\/a> or newsletter<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen it’s so hot, we try to focus almost exclusively on the serve. You notice it’s so complicated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[870,13301,101,118,872,56,54,55,32801],"class_list":["post-65548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-cincinnati-open","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-western-and-southern-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}