Carlos Alcaraz says he felt 'guilty' over injury lay-off as he 'didn’t do the right things off court'

Carlos Alcaraz admitted after winning the Argentina Open that he felt «guilty» over his injury lay-off as he «didn’t do the right things off the court». World No. 2 Alcaraz, 19, beat British No.

1 Cameron Norrie in the final to claim his seventh career title. Ad It was Alcaraz’s first tournament since he suffered an abdominal injury in the Paris Masters in early November. It was expected that he would return in time for the Australian Open but he withdrew from the Grand Slam due to a hamstring injury.

ATP Buenos AiresWatch as Alcaraz lifts trophy after beating Norrie in ATP Buenos Aires finalAN HOUR AGO He looked quickly back in the groove in Buenos Aires and said it was a «special moment» to win again. “It’s really special. As I mentioned before, I struggled for four months,” he said in his on-court interview.

“I didn't do the right things off the court and I felt a little bit guilty after the injury and struggled with that; it was not easy. To come here to my first tournament after four months, and to win my first title since the US Open is a really special moment for me.” Alcaraz dropped just one set across four matches at the Argentina Open and now has a 30-4 win-loss record on clay since the start of 2022. He will next head to the ATP 500 Rio Open, where he will be the top seed and could again meet second seed Norrie in the final.

Reflecting on his current form, Alcaraz added: “It has been a great week for me. I started playing quite well, but I still had a lot to improve. Alcaraz sweeps past Norrie to win Argentina Open Raducanu, Norrie to play mixed doubles together “I think that from the match against [Dusan] Lajovic, in the quarter-finals, it seemed that I had not stopped competing.