On Monday, Casper Ruud rolled over Carlos Alcaraz in the first round of the ATP Finals. After losing in straight sets to Ruud, Alcaraz gave three excuses for his poor play. One of the most important reasons was his health.

Carlos Alcaraz suffered a surprise straight-sets defeat to Casper Ruud at the ATP Finals in Turin on Monday, with the Norwegian confessing that he had played on the Spaniard’s current health issues to secure a round-robin victory.

Alcaraz is battling an illness and he was spotted training with a nose strip ahead of his straight-sets defeat to Casper Ruud on Monday. The four-time Grand Slam winner was completely out of sorts as he lost 6-1 7-5 in Turin.