Carlos Alcaraz has announced that he has withdrawn from both the Italian Open and the French Open, adding that he will \u2018assess the progress\u2019 of his wrist injury before returning to the tour.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard first experienced wrist discomfort during his opening match at the Barcelona Open, which he won 6-4, 6-2 against Finn Otto Virtanen.<\/p>\n
However, Alcaraz<\/a> required a medical timeout towards the end of the first set, receiving treatment on the affected area.<\/p>\n While he managed to come through that match, he was forced to withdraw from the tournament the following day and later admitted in his press conference that the injury was \u2018more serious\u2019 than initially expected.<\/p>\n Alcaraz\u2019s French Open withdrawal is the first Grand Slam missed by the Spaniard since the 2023 Australian Open, when he had just one Grand Slam.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the results of the tests carried out today, we have decided that the most prudent thing is to be cautious and not participate in Rome or Roland Garros, while we wait to assess the progress in order to decide when we will return to the court,\u201d said Alcaraz during his withdrawal post on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a complicated moment for me, but I\u2019m sure we will come out of this stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A post shared by Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (@carlitosalcarazz)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n Casper Ruud \u2018left unable to walk\u2019 just days prior to Madrid Open title defence as he reveals Nadal advice <\/a><\/p>\n Madrid Open: Stefanos Tsitsipas hurls insults at his father, calls him stupid, and argues with umpire<\/a><\/p>\n Alcaraz was victorious in both Rome and Paris 12 months ago, meaning he is set to drop 3,000 ranking points.<\/p>\n As a result, Sinner\u2019s lead at the top of the rankings looks likely to grow further, particularly if he enjoys a strong campaign at the Madrid Open.<\/p>\n The Italian currently leads Alcaraz by 400 points and could extend that advantage by a further 1,000 points should he lift the title in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n The Spaniard also had an outside chance to complete the Calendar Grand Slam, after having won his maiden Australian Open title in January.<\/p>\n Although he has not revealed a precise diagnosis for the wrist injury, Alcaraz made it clear in his statement that there is currently no fixed timeline for his return.<\/p>\n The priority, for now, appears to be recovery rather than rushing back to competition.<\/p>\n \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 the Spaniard stated during his withdrawal press conference at the Barcelona Open.<\/p>\n \u201cWith great sadness, I have to return home and recover as quickly as possible for the upcoming tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz had been scheduled to compete at the HSBC Championships at Queen\u2019s Club from 15\u201321 June, before launching another Wimbledon campaign.<\/p>\n Should the six-time Grand Slam champion be unable to return in time for the grass-court swing, he would risk losing a further 1,800 ranking points.<\/p>\n Last season, he won the ATP 500 event (defeating Czech Jiri Lehecka) and reaching the final at SW19 last year, where he lost to Sinner in a four-set match.<\/p>\n The post Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from Italian Open and French Open in major injury blow, comeback unclear<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz has announced that he has withdrawn from both the Italian Open and the French Open, adding that he will \u2018assess the progress\u2019 of his wrist injury before returning to the tour. The Spaniard first experienced wrist discomfort during his opening match at the Barcelona Open, which he won 6-4, 6-2 against Finn Otto […]<\/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-2078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078","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=2078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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