When Carlos Alcaraz steps onto the court, he usually makes winning look effortless. This tournament, though, the ATP World No.1 had to battle hard as he opened his Japan Open campaign with a gritty win over Sebastian Baez. Now, the 22-year-old has matched his career-high of 65 victories in a single season after overpowering America’s Brandon Nakashima in Tokyo. Striking 39 winners in just an hour and 20 minutes, Alcaraz left no doubt about his form.

Tennis TV later shared a clip on X following Carlos Alcaraz’s dominant victory, where the 22-year-old was doing his courtside interview. One journalist playfully joked about his recent excursion in Japan, where he posed for images clad in the samurai armor known as do-maru : “We spoke earlier in the week about you being a warrior, a

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