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Carlos Alcaraz’s time in Rio de Janeiro is reduced to 18 minutes of competition, although the mishap occurs when only two have passed. Then, the Murcian’s right foot digs sharply into the sand when performing a lateral rectification maneuver and bends around the outside until it practically draws a right angle. The tennis player stays on the ground, hurts, looks at his bench. The rival, Thiago Monteiro, helps him get up and as soon as he reaches the chair and removes his sock, he notices the swelling that increases until it draws a considerable lump on his ankle. The Spaniard covers himself with a towel, the doctor intervenes and the compression bandage helps him continue, but only for a couple of games. After achieving a break and conceding another (1-1), Alcaraz heads to the locker room limping and apologizing to the Brazilian stands, who last year already witnessed another physical misfortune for the 2022 champion in the final.
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Alcaraz and Río, Río and Alcaraz. A two-sided story. In 2020, the mark of his first victory on the ATP circuit, when he was 16 years old, he received an invitation and beat Albert Ramos. “My style is more or less like Federer’s,” he introduced himself. A year later he triumphed, and the next year his hamstring played tricks on him in the final episode against the British Cameron Norrie. He is now suffering an unpleasant episode with the joint, pending the tests that he will undergo this Wednesday to determine the extent of the injury. “We’re going to see what appears in the images, but both my physio and the ATP believe it’s not something serious,” he reassured. “In the end the ankle is still hot, so it has to cool down and see my sensations to decide if I take one direction or another,” referring to the roadmap designed for the next dates, which indicates an exhibition in Las Vegas on March 3. March, against Rafael Nadal, before landing at the Indian Wells and Miami Masters.
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