{"id":14246,"date":"2025-05-09T14:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/italian-open-carlos-alcaraz-passes-the-test-on-his-comeback-from-injury-in-rome\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T14:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:37:24","slug":"italian-open-carlos-alcaraz-passes-the-test-on-his-comeback-from-injury-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/italian-open-carlos-alcaraz-passes-the-test-on-his-comeback-from-injury-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Open: Carlos Alcaraz &#8216;passes the test&#8217; on his comeback from injury in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Spanish world number three Carlos Alcaraz says he &#8220;passed the test&#8221; after earning a straight-set win on his comeback from injury at the Italian Open.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alcaraz, 22, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/tennis\/articles\/c1k4g9ygx9zo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">pulled out of the Madrid Open last month<\/a> as he dealt with hamstring and groin injuries suffered in the Barcelona Open final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When announcing the decision in the Spanish capital, the four-time major champion  was unsure if he would be fit enough to play at this week&#8217;s Italian Open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It also brought into question his condition going into the upcoming French Open, where Alcaraz is looking to defend the men&#8217;s singles title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Before his opening match in Rome, Alcaraz said he felt &#8220;100%&#8221; and he looked in great shape &#8211; serving strongly and moving well &#8211; in a 6-3 6-3 win against Serb qualifier Dusan Lajovic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The body is feeling great,&#8221; said Alcaraz, who is also the reigning Wimbledon champion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I made a few good sprints today without any pain. It was great.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think I passed the test. Trying to feel more comfortable on the court, moving without thinking about the injury.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alcaraz, who was given a first-round bye as a leading seed, will play either American 31st seed Alex Michelsen or Serbia&#8217;s Laslo Djere in the last 32.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/tennis\/articles\/cvgve885expo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish world number three Carlos Alcaraz says he &#8220;passed the test&#8221; after earning a straight-set win on his comeback from injury at the Italian Open. Alcaraz, 22, pulled out of the Madrid Open last month as he dealt with hamstring and groin injuries suffered in the Barcelona Open final. When announcing the decision in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14248,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14246\/revisions\/14248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}