The Spaniard takes stock of the problem in his right thigh and the medical timeouts: “Tomorrow I’ll leave for Bologna, and we’ll see how my injury goes”
A final that graced the stage well, that of the ATP Finals 2025. Among the two best possible performers, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, the top two players in the world. Beyond the express tennis, there is only one real flaw in the match: the physical fitness of Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard called two medical time outs during the match: the first between the ninth and tenth game of the first set, the second between the first and second sets. The problem? To the biceps femoris of the right thigh. Which could also have repercussions on the next matches, given that the world no.1 would be busy with Spain in the Davis Cup next week. “Tomorrow we go to Bologna and we will see how my thigh injury goes in the next few days”, he explained after the defeat in the final, “my intention is to play the Davis Cup”.
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Therefore, in addition to the departure for the Emilian capital tomorrow, there is no certainty about the situation in Alcaraz. And concrete doubt has crept in about his presence in Bologna. Carlitos will depart for the venue of the Final Eight, where he will reunite with captain David Ferrer and other members of the Davis Cup team on Monday. The Spaniards’ debut is scheduled for Thursday 20 November, when they will challenge the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals (starting at 10 am). The presence of Alcaraz, the only top 10 player in Bologna together with Zverev, would be fundamental for Spain. And at the moment, despite having specified that he changed his tactical plan by trying to shorten the exchanges and going to the net more often by choice, and not due to obligations due to the thigh problem (“I felt I had to do something different, especially because I was playing against Jannik”), we will have to wait for the results of the tests. With the risk, after Musetti’s resignation in recent days, that there will only be one player from the top 10 to fight for the Davis Cup.