Carlos Alcaraz has taken the negative of his wrist injury \u201cand turned it into a positive\u201d, according to a legendary former coach of Serena and Venus Williams.<\/p>\n
Seven-time major champion Alcaraz is yet to confirm when he will return to the tour having been sidelined since April due to a right wrist injury that emerged at the Barcelona Open.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a> has not signed up for the Canada Masters, but he is on the entry list for the Cincinnati Open, which will begin on 13 August.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, a report from Spanish publication La Verdad claimed Alcaraz and his team are targeting Cincinnati for his comeback.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAlcaraz\u2019s team has chosen to focus all their efforts on arriving in the best possible condition for Cincinnati, a tournament that begins in mid-August,\u201d stated the report.<\/p>\n The report added: \u201cThe wrist is healthy, completely healed and they are gradually increasing the training load.\u201d<\/p>\n Exclusive: Richard Krajicek reveals if Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist injury worries him as he makes prediction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s rumoured return sparks fresh wrist injury concerns ahead of US Open<\/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 Rick Macci, who has coached five players who went on to become world No 1, has declared that Alcaraz\u2019s fitness \u201cis even better than before\u201d as he works towards a comeback.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Spanish Magician will be locked loaded and ready to launch when he steps on the court,\u201d Macci wrote in a post on his Twitter\/X account.<\/p>\n \u201cThe wrist is 100% and he has played many matches and practice sets with other pros.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has taken a negative and turned it into a positive and his fitness is even better than before.<\/p>\n \u201cJust needs now to feel the heat in live combat and take the temperature on the key points. Magic show coming to a court near you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n In an exclusive interview with Tennis365<\/a>, Macci said\u00a0that Alcaraz \u201cwill not change anything\u201d as a result of his injury and described him as \u201cthe best role model\u201d for young players.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s the Spanish magician, he holds the racket like a paintbrush, and he does a lot of interesting things with his hands and wrist,\u201d said the American coach.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd we could say this and that [about his technique and playing style], but listen, that\u2019s his DNA. He\u2019s an artist, he\u2019s a virtuoso.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is how he plays \u2014 from the heart and from the soul. He\u2019s not gonna change anything, and hopefully this will not be a big thing because let\u2019s face it, his charisma, and his spirit\u2026 he is must-see TV.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: ATP Rankings: Points Sinner, Zverev, Alcaraz, Shelton, Djokovic will drop during North American swing<\/a> The post \u2018Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist is 100% and his fitness is even better than before\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz has taken the negative of his wrist injury \u201cand turned it into a positive\u201d, according to a legendary former coach of Serena and Venus Williams. Seven-time major champion Alcaraz is yet to confirm when he will return to the tour having been sidelined since April due to a right wrist injury that emerged […]<\/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-2506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506","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=2506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Carlos Alcaraz News<\/h2>\n
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