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Alcaraz climbed to the top of the ATP rankings
in September after winning his first Grand Slam title at the
U.S. Open but a torn abdominal muscle during the Paris Masters
in November put the 19-year-old out of action.
After 20 weeks at the top, Alcaraz slipped to number two in
January when Djokovic won the Australian Open, an event the
Spaniard had to skip due to injury.
"It has been a long time (I spent) at number one," said Alcaraz,
who begins his season in Buenos Aires against Serbian Laslo
Djere in the second round.
"Now it's a goal for me to recover number one and try to do my
best in these tournaments to be back on that number. I'm looking
for that."
Alcaraz did not want to put too much expectation on himself in
his first tournament since November.
"I'm feeling great. I'm getting used to these conditions, to
play with the best players, so at the moment I'm feeling well,"
he said.
"It's tough to play my first tournament after a long time for
me, after four months.
"So it's going to be really, really tough to win the tournament
or be close to winning. My hope is to feel that I am okay with
the injury, with my body and try to play well."
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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