Spanish tennis great Alex Corretja has cast doubt over the prospect of Carlos Alcaraz returning from his wrist injury in time to compete at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a> has not played since he sustained the right wrist injury during his opening round win against Otto Virtanen at the Barcelona Open on 14 April.<\/p>\n The seven-time Grand Slam winner pulled out of Barcelona before his second round match and also withdrew from the Madrid Masters.<\/p>\n The world No 2 has since confirmed his clay-court season is over as he announced his withdrawal from both the Italian Open and the French Open \u2014 tournaments he won last year.<\/p>\n Angel Garcia Muniz, a Spanish journalist and tennis insider, has reported that Alcaraz is targeting a comeback on grass at the Queen\u2019s Club Championships before Wimbledon.<\/a><\/p>\n Corretja, who is a commentator and analyst for Eurosport, spoke to Cadena COPE radio about Alcaraz\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to be extremely patient,\u201d said the two-time French Open finalist. \u201cFor now, we need to focus on the day-to-day, let the tendon heal as best as possible, and not set a specific date.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz injury sparks \u2018very worrying\u2019 comment as icon makes \u2018appeal\u2019 to tennis chiefs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz: Leading voice makes \u2018never a good sign\u2019 claim after French Open withdrawal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI have a feeling that after about a month and a half, during which he might be out of competition, we\u2019ll see when he can resume training and start the grass court season.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if it will be easy, because on grass, you sometimes make bad movements, you get hit with even faster serves, and that can hurt your wrist.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019m not sure he\u2019ll be ready for Wimbledon. The problem is, I have no idea how far along his recovery is.\u201d<\/p>\n The former world No 2 continued: \u201cI just want him back as soon as possible, like everyone else, but for now, I\u2019m thinking: \u2018Look, we\u2019ll see what happens.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI think they\u2019re sticking to the timelines they\u2019ve set for themselves, which are cautious.<\/p>\n \u201cAnnouncing now that he won\u2019t play Roland Garros means they need to treat the injury calmly.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no need to put pressure on him regarding his return date; he should come back when he feels ready.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s physical trainer sends strong message after his French Open withdrawal<\/a> The post \u2018I\u2019m not sure Carlos Alcaraz will be ready for Wimbledon\u2019, says Spanish tennis legend and expert<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spanish tennis great Alex Corretja has cast doubt over the prospect of Carlos Alcaraz returning from his wrist injury in time to compete at Wimbledon. Alcaraz has not played since he sustained the right wrist injury during his opening round win against Otto Virtanen at the Barcelona Open on 14 April. The seven-time Grand Slam […]<\/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-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102","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=2102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n
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