{"id":125103,"date":"2026-10-06T18:57:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/?p=125103"},"modified":"2026-10-07T07:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:32:19","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-difende-titolo-atp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/carlos-alcaraz-difende-titolo-atp\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz defends his ATP 500 Tokyo title after returning from injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TOKYO<\/strong> \u2013 Carlos Alcaraz won the ATP 500 title in Tokyo, successfully defending the trophy he had already won in 2025. The Spaniard, currently ranked world number 3, triumphed in the final against the Czech Jiri Lehecka, ranked number 19, with a score of 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This victory marks Alcaraz&#039;s first since returning from a right wrist injury, suffered in late August during the US Open. His last title came in mid-February, at the ATP 500 in Doha. The final in Tokyo was the Spaniard&#039;s first since last April, when he lost to Jannik Sinner in the Monte Carlo Masters 1000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read also<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/binaghi-ribadisce-salute-sinner-priorita\/\">Binaghi reiterates that Sinner&#039;s health is the absolute priority in his recovery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/jannik-sinner-si-ferma-lannuncio-via-social-tornera-in-campo-nel-2027\/\">Jannik Sinner is retiring. The announcement was made on social media. He will return to the field in 2027.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/djokovic-passa-finale-china-open\/\">Djokovic advances to China Open final after Medvedev&#039;s disqualification<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz ha difeso con successo il titolo ATP 500 di Tokyo battendo Jiri Lehecka in finale, tornando a vincere dopo l&#8217;infortunio al polso destro.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sb_editor_width":"","h5ap_radio_sources":[],"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[3276,438,39,4577,212,4233],"ppma_author":[30],"class_list":["post-125103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennispadel","tag-atp-500","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-infortunio","tag-jiri-lehecka","tag-tennis","tag-tokyo"],"relative_dates":{"created":"1 week ago","modified":"1 week ago"},"authors":[{"term_id":30,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"paolopicone","display_name":"Redazione Centrale","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54de8379a15a6539d41f5cd43c1b6fc220d10161ae5fefcd739b4111632a6a1a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"Redazione","last_name":"Centrale","user_url":"https:\/\/primasport.eu","author_category":"0","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125170,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125103\/revisions\/125170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125103"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primasport.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=125103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}