Carlos Alcaraz admitted that the stress of playing the 22-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic was the cause for the sustained injury midway through their crunch 1\/2 final match.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz had just found his rhythm, coming off a brilliant second-set win, when he started to feel the cramp. Djokovic took full advantage of the circumstances and went on to comfortably clinch the match 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n
“It is not easy to play against Novak, he’s a legend of our sport,” Alcaraz said.<\/p>\n
“It has been really tough for me. I have never felt tension like I did in that match.”<\/p>\n
Alcaraz has faced Djokovic for only the second in his career and for the first in one of the major tournaments.<\/p>\n
“If someone says he goes onto the court with no nerves playing against Novak, he lies,” he added.<\/p>\n
“The tension of the match was why the cramping happened. I started the match really nervous.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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