World primary Carlos Alcaraz says he was “scared” after injuring his ankle throughout his first-round victory on the Japan Open in Tokyo on Thursday.
Prime seed Alcaraz twisted his left ankle towards Argentina’s Sebastian Baez with the primary set stage at 2-2 and needed to obtain remedy from the physio and heavy strapping.
He returned to the courtroom and broke Baez to steer 5-4, however his workforce appeared to sign for him to cease at this level, earlier than play was then suspended for rain inflicting one other delay.
When Alcaraz, who gained the boys’s US Open title earlier this month, and Baez re-emerged beneath the roof, the Spaniard dominated the remainder of the competition and gained 6-4 6-2.
“I used to be scared too, I am not going to lie,” mentioned six-time Grand Slam winner Alcaraz.
“After I landed on the ankle, I used to be anxious to be sincere as a result of it did not really feel good originally. I am simply pleased that I used to be in a position to play after that and play such good tennis. Let’s examine.
“I believe it is not going to be straightforward the subsequent day and a half for me. I’ll attempt to get well, to do no matter it takes to be prepared for the subsequent spherical.”
Alcaraz faces Belgian Zizou Bergs within the second spherical on Saturday.
