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Carlos Alcaraz pointed to his packed summer schedule when asked to explain his surprise defeat to Botic van de Zandschulp.

“The tennis schedule is so tight, I’ve been playing a lot of matches lately,” he said.

“With Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Olympics… I took a little break after Olympics. I thought it was enough. It was really helpful for me. Probably it wasn’t enough.

“I came here without as much energy as I thought I was going to come with. But, I mean, I don’t want to put that as an excuse.

“Probably I’m a guy or I’m a player that needs more days or more break coming into the good tournaments or the important ones. So I have to think about it, and I have to learn about it.”