A scary moment for Carlos Alcaraz It turned out that it was nothing more than that on Friday, as the Spaniard had his right knee watched during his victory over Luciano Darderi, Italy, and ended up winning all the remaining games he played once he returned from his medical time.
During the second group of a fun clash with Seed No. 32, which was mainly dominated by Alcaraz, the Open Open 2022 champion said he felt some pain when it broke down in the seventh match of the second set. He spoke to the coach, who continued to do a lot of massage in his right thigh, and that was that.
“After five, six points, it was gone,”
Carlos Alcaraz
Alcaraz ended up winning the last eight matches of the match to dominate, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0.
The victory scored his 20th victory of the US Open and his 80th career victory in the Grand Slams. He is 80-13 in general, and only two players have achieved their 80th Grand Slam victory faster in the open era: John MCceroe and Bjorn Borg.
“It was just that game that he broke my service, at the last point after the service, the first step,” Alcaraz said. “I just felt something in the knee that was bothering me.”
Alcaraz said after five or six points he was again in normal and did not feel pain – the crisis avoided.
“After five, six points, it was gone,” he said.
“I was worried after (happened). That’s why I asked for physio, but it was nothing serious, so I just (I did it) as a precaution. After that, I didn’t feel it anymore, and it was good. So it’s nothing serious.”
