Carlos Alcaraz and his team had to pull out of all his tricks to be physically ready for his Group Stage match against Andrey Rublev at the ATP Finals on Wednesday.

Alcaraz played well behind the first and second serve, facing no break points and keeping the pressure on the other side. Rublev fought well but it was not enough for a better result, getting broken two times in the opening set before raising his level.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz made light of feeling under the weather as he dispatched Russia's Andrey Rublev in impressive fashion to revive his ATP Finals hopes on Wednesday.