Overview
- Carlos Alcaraz returned to clay at Real Sociedad Club de Campo in Murcia, his first sessions on the surface since winning Roland Garros 2025.
- He plans four to five days of on-site practice before opening his Monte Carlo title defense next week.
- The European clay stretch now carries heavy ranking stakes, with 1,000 points in Monte Carlo, 330 in Barcelona, 1,000 in Rome, and 2,000 at Roland Garros to defend.
- The shift follows a blazing start that included the Australian Open and Doha titles and a 16-match streak before losses to Daniil Medvedev and Sebastian Korda in the U.S. events.
- Martín Landaluce, fresh off a Miami quarterfinal, is training at the same Murcia club and heads to a Challenger 125 in Monza to press for a top-100 debut.