Carlos Alcaraz denies medical timeout gamesmanship after coming back from brink

Alcaraz insisted he thought he had an injury when he called the trainer.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement “In the beginning it was on just one muscle, so I didn’t think it was cramp at all,” he said. “I didn’t know exactly what it was because I just go around to a forehand and then I started to feel it in the right adductor, so that’s why I called the physio. I just told what happens to the physio and he decides to take the medical.” Conditions were hot on Friday, peaking at 29.8C, but nothing like they had been last weekend, when...