Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist injury has dominated tennis headlines in recent days, and there are fresh concerns over the Spanish superstar\u2019s condition after a new photo emerged.<\/p>\n
The seven-time Grand Slam champion withdrew before his second round match at the Barcelona Open last week due to a right wrist injury he sustained in his opening round win.<\/p>\n
In a press conference announcing his withdrawal, Alcaraz<\/a> said: \u201cIt\u2019s a more serious injury than we all expected, and I have to listen to my body so it doesn\u2019t affect me in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Two days later, Alcaraz was forced to pull out of the Madrid Open, an ATP Masters 1000 tournament which will begin on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old, who is a two-time Madrid Open champion, also missed last year\u2019s edition of the event in the Spanish capital due to injury.<\/p>\n \u201cMadrid is like home to me \u2013 one of the most special stops on the calendar \u2013 and that\u2019s why it hurts so much not to be able to play here for the second year in a row,\u201d Alcaraz said.<\/p>\n Boris Becker shares theory on why Carlos Alcaraz gets injured more than Jannik Sinner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz injury concern escalates as Feliciano Lopez doubts Rome and French Open participation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n A photo of Alcaraz wearing a brace on his wrist has since appeared online, which has sparked fears among some fans and tennis analysts on social media.<\/p>\n Para que os hag\u00e1is una idea de la seriedad de la lesi\u00f3n que se ha hecho Alcaraz.<\/p>\n As\u00ed tiene ahora mismo la mu\u00f1eca, completamente inmovilizada con una f\u00e9rula.<\/p>\n Preocupaci\u00f3n alta \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8 https:\/\/t.co\/ZQYruAFN6h<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dGD7qnT7ma<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Mor\u00f3n (@jmgmoron) April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Jose Moron, the director of Spanish tennis website Punto de Break, tweeted that he has \u201chigh concern\u201d over Alcaraz\u2019s injury after seeing the photo.<\/p>\n Alcaraz\u2019s next scheduled tournament is the Italian Open in Rome \u2014 the third clay-court Masters 1000 event and last big event before the French Open. The Italian Open will begin on 5 May.<\/p>\n After missing the 2025 Madrid Open with an adductor injury he suffered in the Barcelona Open final, Alcaraz won the Italian Open and the French Open \u2014 beating Jannik Sinner in both finals.<\/p>\n Alcaraz will aim to win a third consecutive French Open title if he is fit to compete at Stade Roland Garros.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Carlos Alcaraz told he may have a \u2018problem\u2019 after injury blow as mistake highlighted by ex-world No 4<\/a> The post Carlos Alcaraz sparks fresh injury fears as he is spotted wearing wrist brace<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist injury has dominated tennis headlines in recent days, and there are fresh concerns over the Spanish superstar\u2019s condition after a new photo emerged. The seven-time Grand Slam champion withdrew before his second round match at the Barcelona Open last week due to a right wrist injury he sustained in his opening round […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n
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