{"id":227266,"date":"2025-10-15T19:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/227266\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:51:10","slug":"alcaraz-on-main-aim-and-state-of-ankle-injury-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/227266\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz on Main Aim and State of Ankle Injury \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, October 15, 2025<br \/>Photo credit: Koji Watanabe\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>Topping the field Down Under to complete the career Grand Slam is a top priority for Carlos Alcaraz n 2026, the world No. 1 said in a new interview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisexpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Black-October-610x130-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57215\"  data-\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Spanish news agency MARCA ahead of his Six Kings Slam exhibition appearance in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this week, Alcaraz addresses the state of his ankle injury, his ongoing rivalry with Jannik Sinner and his 2026 goals. Read the complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/tenis\/2025\/10\/15\/carlos-alcaraz-dinero-torneos-le-da-bombo-realmente.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MARCA interview with Alcaraz here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz, who fell to 10-time AO champion Novak Djokovic in the 2025 Australian Open quarterfinals, said he\u2019s circled Melbourne as a main priority in January. Alcaraz has yet to surpass the quarterfinals Down Under, but is driven to try to complete the career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI do have it marked because Australia is always one of the objectives at the beginning of each year,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/tenis\/2025\/10\/15\/carlos-alcaraz-dinero-torneos-le-da-bombo-realmente.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Alcaraz told MARCA.<\/a> \u201cIn Melbourne I have always played good tennis, but it has been difficult for me to reach the final rounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year I\u2019m going to prepare as well as possible to at least get past the quarterfinals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The six-time Grand Slam champion won his eighth title of the season in Tokyo this month, avenging his Laver Cup loss to Taylor Fritz in the Tokyo final despite playing on a gimpy left ankle. Alcaraz said the ankle has improved ahead of the Six Kings Slam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ankle has been going well, it has been recovering well as far as it goes,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cIt has been a grade two sprain and without giving him much rest it always takes a little longer to recover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe I will still be playing not with discomfort, but with a little doubt. Those doubts always take time to go away, but the truth is that we are doing a good job. The ankle is respecting me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At last month\u2019s US Open Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner made history becoming the first men in the Open Era to square off in three consecutive Grand Slam finals. Should the pair meet again in the Six Kings Slam final, Alcaraz believes the result will influence their ongoing rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has to win two [matches] and I have to win one,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cHopefully we will meet in the final. It\u2019s not an official tournament, but we play it as if it were.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn a mental level, whoever wins here can have an influence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/tennisnow.com\/krygios-atp-is-protecting-sinner-but-hes-a-goat-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Nick Kyrgios said he believes Alcaraz will eventually break Grand Slam king Novak Djokovic\u2019s record <\/a>of 24 major championships. Alcaraz said it\u2019s too early, and tennis is too complicated, to make that assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we look at it in 10 years\u2019 time, the truth is that it is,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cI don\u2019t take anything for granted because every year is different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlayers advance, new players come out and it\u2019s more complicated. I hope he continues at this pace, but in tennis every season you have to give your best and that\u2019s the most complicated thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, October 15, 2025Photo credit: Koji Watanabe\/Getty Topping the field Down Under to complete&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-227266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}