Carlos Alcaraz was in jubilant mood as he celebrated Spain\u2019s victory in the World Cup final against Argentina in the World Cup final, with the reigning US Open champion playing a prominent role in the final in New Jersey.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz appeared on the pitch prior to kick-off as he brought the World Cup trophy on the pitch and he was then handed a prominent seat in the stands as he watched Ferran Torres score the winning goal to give Spain their second World Cup.<\/p>\n
The cameras panned to Alcaraz on a few occasions during the match and they then showed him celebrating when the final whistle sounded.<\/p>\n
While the world No 3 was clearly overwhelmed with joy as he watched the Spanish team win their second World Cup, his fans will have been concerned by the sight of a bandage still supporting his right wrist.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz has not played a tennis match since he was forced to pull out of the Barcelona Open in April due to an injury he sustained during a match against Otto Virtanen.<\/p>\n
Why was Carlos Alcaraz on the pitch before World Cup final between Spain and Argentina?<\/a><\/p>\n Nick Kyrgios continues a summer of tennis romances as Carlos Alcaraz rumours swirl<\/a><\/p>\n Alcaraz was forced to withdraw from the French Open and Wimbledon and he recently released footage of his tentative return to the court.<\/p>\n The footage showed Alcaraz gently hitting balls, as he appeared to be at a formative stage of his comeback.<\/p>\n It inspired many observers to suggest Alcaraz will struggle to return in time for next month\u2019s US Open, but he has left his name on the entry list for next month\u2019s Cincinnati Masters as he keeps his options open over a return date.<\/p>\n Now there will be fresh speculation over whether he will play in that tournament after he attended the World Cup final with a support still attached to his right wrist.<\/p>\n If Alcaraz still needs a supporting strap for his wrist for everyday life, he may be struggling to play high-level tennis in Cincinnati or at the US Open that gets underway soon after.<\/p>\n In an exclusive interview with Tennis365, former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek revealed he is not concerned about Alcaraz returning to \u201chis full form\u201d following his injury.<\/p>\n \u201cThere hasn\u2019t been too much information. They\u2019re much tougher injuries \u2014 these wrist or elbow injuries,\u201d said the Dutchman.<\/p>\n \u201cI had an elbow injury myself. It\u2019s really difficult to reset when you start playing again [after this type injury]. So, you hit a little bit\u2026 You need to go step by step.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not as clear-cut as tearing the ligaments in your ankle, which they say is three or four months, and it\u2019s always three or four months, and then you can play again.<\/p>\n \u201cSo yeah, it takes a bit of time, but he\u2019s young, and I think he\u2019s got good healing power.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not concerned that he will play, and I\u2019m not concerned that he\u2019s going to return to his full form.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s a question of when. Is it gonna be for the hard courts [in North America]? Is it gonna be for indoors? But still, I think it\u2019s going to be this year.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: US Open Mixed Doubles dream teams \u2013 Alcaraz, Serena, Eala & Sinner in the mix next month<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Carlos Alcaraz sparks fresh injury fears as he celebrates Spain\u2019s World Cup final win<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz was in jubilant mood as he celebrated Spain\u2019s victory in the World Cup final against Argentina in the World Cup final, with the reigning US Open champion playing a prominent role in the final in New Jersey. Alcaraz appeared on the pitch prior to kick-off as he brought the World Cup trophy on […]<\/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-2516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516","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=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}