Spanish tennis great Alex Corretja has urged Carlos Alcaraz not to play the Madrid Open if he has not recovered from the injury he suffered in Barcelona.<\/p>\n
There are concerns over Alcaraz<\/a>\u2018s fitness ahead of the Madrid Open, where main draw play will get underway on May 23.<\/p>\n The four-time Grand Slam champion sustained an abductor muscle injury early in the second set of his 6-7(6), 2-6 loss to Holger Rune in the Barcelona Open final on Sunday.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old left the court for a lengthy medical timeout after three games in the second set and was unable or reluctant to move with his usual explosiveness after returning.<\/p>\n Alcaraz played 10 matches in 12 days across the Monte Carlo Masters, where he won the title, and the ATP 500 in Barcelona.<\/p>\n The world No 3 has entered the Madrid Open, where he is the second seed, and he is set to play\u00a0either Zizou Bergs or Yoshihito Nishioka in his opening match. The Spaniard will aim to win his third title at the Masters 1000 tournament in his home nation.<\/p>\n Speaking on El Larguero, Corretja expressed doubts over Alcaraz\u2019s physical state and asserted that he should not risk playing the tournament if he is not fully healthy.<\/p>\n \u201cHe needs to think with his head and leave his heart aside,\u201d the former world No 2 said.\u00a0\u201cPlaying one or two matches in Madrid and then withdrawing is not the solution.<\/p>\n Rafael Nadal reveals his favourite to win the 2025 Madrid Open title<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The 5 players to beat Carlos Alcaraz in a final: Novak Djokovic the only man to do it twice, Holger Rune joins list<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAll the tournaments are very important, and the Mutua is crucial in the calendar, but if he thinks he could be injured, he should think about it.<\/p>\n \u201cIf it were Rome, would he push himself to the limit? Well, I don\u2019t think so, so he shouldn\u2019t do it because it\u2019s Madrid because it could be detrimental.<\/p>\n \u201cPhysically, I\u2019m going with concerns. He\u2019s accumulated ten games in twelve days and a muscle injury on Sunday, so to be at full strength in four or five days in Madrid, he\u2019ll be just in time because the schedule is going to be tough.<\/p>\n \u201cI see it with uncertainty; I have a lot of faith in Carlos, but it makes me uneasy about how he\u2019ll feel. I\u2019m sceptical about what he can do in Madrid.\u201d<\/p>\n The two-time French Open runner-up also gave his verdict on the Barcelona final.<\/p>\n \u201cHe (Rune) was the one who controlled the tempo of the match and slowed things down,\u201d Corretja added.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was a moment midway through the first set when the Dane dominated more and Alcaraz made more errors.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz to crash out as Alexander Zverev fights back \u2013 Madrid Open predictions<\/a> The post Carlos Alcaraz leaves former world No 2 feeling \u2018uneasy\u2019 ahead of Madrid Open<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spanish tennis great Alex Corretja has urged Carlos Alcaraz not to play the Madrid Open if he has not recovered from the injury he suffered in Barcelona. There are concerns over Alcaraz\u2018s fitness ahead of the Madrid Open, where main draw play will get underway on May 23. The four-time Grand Slam champion sustained an […]<\/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-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345","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=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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