In the end, it was all in a day’s work for Carlos Alcaraz who notched a strong third-round win against Italy’s Luciano Darderi at the 2025 US Open. But things got a bit tense when he had to call for a medical timeout during the second set due to an injury scare. Alcaraz was up 5-4 but looked pretty uneasy after having lost his serve for the first time this tournament. He had to take a break to get his right knee massaged after feeling something off, which had fans and commentators on edge .

But soon after he received treatment, Alcaraz shrugged the earlier nerves off, breaking Darderi’s serve right after the timeout to take the set and eventually win the match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0. After the match, Alcaraz was quick to brush off the incident, making it clear that the timeout

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