{"id":183253,"date":"2025-09-26T15:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/183253\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:46:06","slug":"alcaraz-scared-after-hurting-ankle-at-japan-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/183253\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz ‘scared’ after hurting ankle at Japan Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

World number one Carlos Alcaraz says he was “scared” after injuring his ankle during his first-round victory at the Japan Open in Tokyo on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Top seed Alcaraz twisted his left ankle against Argentina’s Sebastian Baez with the first set level at 2-2 and had to receive treatment from the physio and heavy strapping.<\/p>\n

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He returned to the court and broke Baez to lead 5-4, but his team seemed to signal for him to stop at this point, before play was then suspended for rain causing another delay.<\/p>\n

When Alcaraz, who won the men’s US Open title<\/a> earlier this month, and Baez re-emerged under the roof, the Spaniard dominated the rest of the contest and won 6-4 6-2.<\/p>\n

“I was scared too, I’m not going to lie,” said six-time Grand Slam winner Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

“When I landed on the ankle, I was worried to be honest because it didn’t feel good at the beginning. I’m just happy that I was able to play after that and play such good tennis. Let’s see.<\/p>\n

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“I think it’s not going to be easy the next day and a half for me. I will try to recover, to do whatever it takes to be ready for the next round.”<\/p>\n

Alcaraz faces Belgian Zizou Bergs in the second round on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Kartal seals comfortable win in Beijing\"Sonay<\/p>\n

Sonay Kartal’s second-round French Open appearance earlier this year saw her move inside the world’s top 50 for the first time [Getty Images]<\/p>\n

Briton Sonay Kartal booked her place in the second round of the China Open with a comfortable first-round victory over American Alycia Parks in Beijing.<\/p>\n

Kartal, who impressed playing for Great Britain at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals last week, won 6-3 6-2 against world number 60 Parks.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old has slipped to 81 in the world after her ranking points for winning her maiden WTA title<\/a> at the Jasmin Open final in Tunisia last September dropped off.<\/p>\n

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She broke 24-year-old Parks three times during the match to set up a second-round tie with 14th seed Daria Kasatkina on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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