By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, November 13, 2024
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Carlos Alcaraz hit his purple patch in Turin today.

Combating a cold that hampered him in his opening ATP Finals loss, Alcaraz took the court sporting a purple breathe right strip over his nose.

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The third-seeded Spaniard exuded more energy in his 6-3, 7-6(8) round-robin win over Andrey Rublev.

Afterward, Alcaraz said the strip show will return for his practice session and likely for his final round-robin match vs. Alexander Zverev on Friday.

The strip is designed to open nasal passages wider, allowing athletes to breathe easier. Alcaraz said he felt he recovered better between points wearing the breathe right strip.

"I know [Nicolas] Jarry wear that thing in the nose. For me, it helped a lot today. I could breathe much better," Alcaraz told the media in Turin. "It is something that I'm going to wear more often, I don't know (smiling). Right now in the situation that I'm right now, it help a lot.

"I'm pretty sure that in the next match I'm going to wear it. Tomorrow's practice I'm going to wear it, for sure. I felt better. I could recover better between points."