Carlos Alcaraz plans to take more long breaks from tennis

NEW YORK (AP) – Feeling better than he projected after a four-month absence, Carlos Alcaraz is planning to take more breaks during the tennis season.

Key points

• Open after being sidelined since April by a right wrist injury.
• He remarked his body feels good and he's had no setbacks after his matches.
• Rather, he believes it would provide him a mental benefit.
• It feels like I've been competing the whole time.

Alcaraz returned to play at the U.S. Open after being sidelined since April by a right wrist injury. The defending champion advanced to the fourth round Friday with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Wu Yibing.

"It feels like I've been competing the whole time. So I surprise myself the way that I'm feeling and the way that I'm recovering after every match, " Alcaraz remarked. "So I'm just really happy about it that I'm able to perform at my best after every match."

Alcaraz remarked the injury that forced him to withdraw during the Barcelona Open wasn't caused by playing too much, so taking time off next year wouldn't be for physical reasons. Rather, he believes it would provide him a mental benefit.

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