Carlos Alcaraz pain-free heading into French Open but still concerned

Carlos Alcaraz is no longer experiencing pain in his forearm after an injury prematurely ended his claycourt season. However, the two-time Grand Slam champion admitted on Friday that he remains cautious about hitting balls with full intensity at the French Open.
The 21-year-old had to withdraw from the Monte Carlo Masters and the Barcelona Open due to the injury.Despite an attempt to defend his title in Madrid, where he was eliminated in the quarter-finals, Alcaraz also chose to skip the Italian Open to focus on recovery.
"I'm feeling better. Every practice that I have done here, at home, it was pretty good. I'm feeling better and better," Alcaraz told reporters.
"At least I can practice, hit balls without pain. That's a really good point for me. I'm excited to play my first match here in Roland Garros.
"I'm still thinking about it when I'm hitting forehands. Probably I'm going to say I'm a little bit scared about hitting every forehand at 100% (intensity)."
The world number four has played only four matches on clay this season.
"Honestly, I come here to this tournament with not too many matches, not as much matches as I wanted, but I'm focusing on the practice," he said.
"I'm practising well. I'm getting rhythm. I'm getting confidence on the practice that I think is really important, and I think I don't need too many matches to get to my 100%."
When asked about his injury, the Spaniard smiled and said he did not know exactly what went wrong with his arm.
"I just focus to do the things that the doctors and my team told me that I have to do. That's it," he said.
"What I remember is they told me that this is not going to be serious, it's not going to take too much time. I'm not feeling any pain in the practices when I step on the court."
(With Reuters inputs)