Carlos Alcaraz has given an update on his physical condition after coming through his first serious test since returning from injury.<\/p>\n
The four-time Grand Slam champion overcame Karen Khachanov 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in the fourth round of the 2025 Italian Open.<\/p>\n
The hard-fought contest, which lasted two hours and 28 minutes, required a step up in physical output compared to Alcaraz\u2019s first two matches in Rome.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a>\u00a0downed Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-3 in his opener before seeing off Laslo Djere 7-6(2), 6-2 in the second round.<\/p>\n The world No 3\u2019s participation in the Italian capital had been in doubt\u00a0after he was forced to pull out of the Madrid Masters due to injury.<\/p>\n The Spaniard sustained an adductor muscle injury in his Barcelona Open final defeat to Holger Rune and also revealed he was dealing with a hamstring\u00a0a problem when he announced his Madrid withdrawal.<\/p>\n Alcaraz has worn a black brace on his upper right leg during his matches at the Italian Open.<\/p>\n Following his victory over Khachanov at the Foro Italico, Alcaraz spoke about the physical demands of facing the Russian.<\/p>\n \u201cIt feels amazing to get the win at the end against a really big and really tough guy like Khachanov,\u201d the 22-year-old told Tennis TV.<\/p>\n \u201cPhysically I struggled a bit. Not any pain on any part of the body, but I was just tired. The match was really tough. I had to run a lot, so I\u2019m just really proud of the way I fought for every ball.<\/p>\n \u201cAt a break up in the second set, from then to the end of the second set, I probably lost focus a little bit.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz joins Rafael Nadal among youngest players to reach all nine Masters 1000 quarter-finals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The 6 active men to reach the QFs at the four Grand Slams and nine ATP Masters events as Alcaraz secures feat<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHe started to play great, but I was really happy to forget it and come into the third set as good as I could. I just fought, and I\u2019m really happy about that.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters in Rome, Alcaraz added: \u201cI had to run a lot. I had to fight every ball. Khachanov level in the match, it is insane. It is really, really high. He push you to the limit in every point.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be present\u2026 I have to be present. I had to wait for my chances. That made me run a lot. I had to fight a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n On playing the early match, Alcaraz said: \u201cI\u2019m not used to playing at 11 am. Yeah, honestly I don\u2019t want to wake up early, but today I had to.<\/p>\n \u201cAnyway, I had to find the positive things that I finish early. A lot of time to recover, a lot of times to do other things here in Rome.<\/p>\n \u201cBut yeah, I had to be really focused in the beginning because the early starts sometimes is difficult to start the match. But I think I did it pretty well. Hope not playing too many matches first on, but if I have to, I will be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Meet the man behind Carlos Alcaraz \u2013 who is Albert Molina?<\/a> The post Carlos Alcaraz makes \u2018physically struggling\u2019 confession after tough Italian Open battle<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz has given an update on his physical condition after coming through his first serious test since returning from injury. The four-time Grand Slam champion overcame Karen Khachanov 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in the fourth round of the 2025 Italian Open. The hard-fought contest, which lasted two hours and 28 minutes, required a step up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Carlos Alcaraz News<\/h2>\n
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