BARCELLONA (SPAGNA) (ITALPRESS) – Carlos Alcaraz retired from the “Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell”, Atp 500 from 2.950.310 on the red land of the Catalan city. The Spanish outclass, number 2 of the world and first favorite of the Catalan tournament, did not train today after the injury to the right wrist suffered on Tuesday in the ninth game of his debut against the Finnish Otto Virtanen.
“It’s a more serious injury than we expected, I have to listen to my body and make sure that you don’t cause me any trouble in the future. With great sadness, I must return home and recover as soon as possible”, explained the murcian champion, who cannot therefore defend the final conquered last year and who will have to give up, at least momentarily, the assault on the chair of number one of the world rankings of Jannik Sinner. The South Tyrolean will arrive at the Mutua Madrid Open from number one in the world with an advantage of 390 points. For the fifth consecutive year, ‘Carlitos’ will not be able to complete all the tournaments on the land that precede Roland Garros.
Its next stop is Madrid, which will begin on April 22nd. The seven-time Slam champion has already had a bad experience with the forearm two years ago, always at the beginning of the European season on land beat. During his first training in Monte Carlo, he was hit by an edema that forced him to retire from the Masters 1000 in the Principality, Barcelona and Rome, and he had to play despite the trouble at the Mutua Madrid Open, where he lost in the quarterfinals against Andrey Rublev.
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