By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday April 26, 2024

Carlos Alcaraz’s first match because the Miami Open was successful on Friday on the Mutua Madrid Open, although there's nonetheless some fear about his injured proper forearm after the two-time defending Madrid champion dispatched Russia’s Alexander Shevchenko in his first match because the Miami Open (6-2, 6-1).

The excellent news? Alcaraz, who wore a sleeve to guard his proper arm, felt no ache.

The not so excellent news? The Spaniard says he doesn’t really feel able to hit his forehand at one hundred pc.

“I didn't hit my forehand 100 percent,” he informed reporters after enhancing to 13-1 lifetime at Madrid. “I hit it softer than I used to hit it, but I think it helped me to stay relaxed.”

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Alcaraz, who needed to pull out of Monte-Carlo and Barcelona because of the harm, says his precedence for the second is to not blast forehands, however to make sure that he can get by a match pain-free. In that regard, the 20-year-old handed with flying colours. Additionally, he appears to be studying one thing about how one can play his forehand at lower than full energy as effectively – an added bonus.

“The first thing that I was thinking about when I was stepping on the court is to stay healthy, to not feel anything in the forearm,” he mentioned. “That's the main thing for me. And then it was the shots or the level – I was really happy to not feel anything in the forearm, and after that, I could increase my intensity. I could increase my forehand a little bit, and it was great for me this match.”

Second-seeded Alcaraz, bidding to turn into the primary participant in Madrid Open historical past to finish a profitable threepeat, will put his skills – and 12-match Madrid successful streak – on the road towards Thiago Seyboth Wild within the third spherical at Madrid.

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