Top seed Carlos Alcaraz overpowered Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori 6-2, 6-1 in just over an hour on Thursday in the second round of the ABN AMRO Open at Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Spaniard, No. 3 in the ATP rankings,

Carlos Alcaraz will face either Holger Rune or compatriot Pedro Martinez in the last eight. The 21-year-old is now into a 42nd Tour-level quarter-final, though just his fourth indoors

Carlos Alcaraz eased into the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open on Thursday with a comfortable straight-sets win over Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori.

No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain was pushed to three sets before finishing off Dutch wild card Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-1 in the first round of the ABN AMRO Open on Tuesday in Rotterdam,

Former ATP Tour star Paolo Lorenzi believes that Carlos Alcaraz needs to forge “his own identity, his own style of play” to continue his success in the sport. Alcaraz is only 21 but has already forged one of the most successful careers in modern tennis history.

Once again, the issue of constant injuries in professional tennis is being examined; Alcaraz is firm about it. After his first game at the 2025 Rotterdam Open, the global No. Three pointed out the inconsistency of tennis balls used across many events as a key cause of the increasing number of player injuries.

Carlos Alcaraz eased into the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open on Thursday with a comfortable straight-sets win over Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori. Tsitsipas now faces a quarter-final clash with Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci,

Carlos Alcaraz thinks that the ongoing changes in tennis balls have directly influenced the rising number of injuries in the sport. The Spaniard is calling on the authorities to take notice of this matter and implement changes.

A winner of four Grand Slams, Carlos Alcaraz believes that the constant change of balls has directly impacted to increasing number of injuries in tennis.