Carlos Alcaraz on the field saw stacking before his second round game open at the Japan open was a great relief for all involved in the 500-level event, and his fans, who saw his ankle playing during his opening match that caused great concern.
It was difficult and it was really an important day and a half I had to recover as well as I could Carlos Alcaraz
Those worries were forgotten and within 79 minutes the Spanish world no. 1 continued to the quarterfinals after one
His comfortable 6-4 6-2 defeat of Belgium’s Zizou Bergs in Tokyo.
There were no signs of injury when he knot around the net and shot forehands to take control, well recovering from dropping his serve in both sets when he improved the HID count of victories for the season to 64 games for only 7 losses.
“It was difficult and it was really an important day and a half that I had to recover as well as possible,” said Alcaraz when he was asked about his ankle. “I said it before and I will say it again, I have the best physio in the world, which I trust 100 percent. The work he did for the ankle has been great. I could play normally, which is great. Sometimes I was worried about some movements when I could feel the ankle, but in general I played a number of great tennis, a great match.”
Next to top seeds, America’s Brandon Nakashima, a 7-5 6-3 winner about the Hungarian qualification, Marton Fucsovics who celebrated his 30th victory of the season.
Previously, Holger Rune wasted little time to reach his fifth quarter-final of the year that the American Ethan Quinn dropped 6-4 6-2.
The third placed Dane, a semi-finalist from Tokyo last year, wants to make that results equal and then improve it, but to realize that he must achieve that goal to first pass the American Jenson Brooksby in the quarters after the American Luciano Darderi 7-6 (7) has defeated 6-1.
Holger Rune is set to last year’s run
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Although Alcaraz has a comfortable lead in the race to Turin for the ATP final, Rune is currently placed in 14th place in the hope of reducing the shortage of hopeful qualification.
“I really tightened my focus at the start of the sets,” Rune said about his last victory. “I tried to hit quickly, it makes me more comfortable. He is a good player and has some weapons, but it was about trying to take them from him and play on my conditions and start quickly, made me better and made me more relaxed.”
In the last line-up of the quarter, Alcaraz sees opposite Nakashima, Casper Ruud Alexander Vukic, Brooksby against Rune and a completely American collision between Taylor Fritz and Sebastain Korda.
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