Abdominal injury sustained in Paris-Bercy ends Murcia season
Carlos Alcaraz’s season is over. The worst predictions were confirmed on Saturday: Alcaraz suffers a serious abdominal injury and is out for six weeks, preventing him from participating in the ATP Finals in Turin and the Davis Cup in Malaga.
“After evaluation by my medical team, unfortunately this is the result of my injury: muscle tear in the internal oblique musculature of the left lateral abdominal wall with an estimated recovery time of six weeks,” Alcaraz said in a statement.
The injury occurred this Friday in the quarterfinal game against Holger Rune at the Masters 1,000 in Paris-Bercy. The Spaniard felt uncomfortable serving in the final games of the match and ended the match midway through the tiebreak of the second set and retired. He was pessimistic in the subsequent press conference and could not say whether he can still play this year. The MRI he underwent this Saturday in Murcia confirmed the worst predictions. Neither ATP Finals nor Davis Cup.
“Unfortunately, I cannot participate in the ATP Finals or the Davis Cup Finals. It is a difficult and painful moment to miss these two important events for me, but it remains only to be positive and think about good recovery. Thanks for the support!”.
It is the second time that Alcaraz will miss the Davis Cup Finals, after an early positive result for covid on the eve of the 2021 edition. In addition, he will also not be able to enjoy his first edition as a teacher, where he has to finish first. to defend.
This is now at the expense of what Rafael Nadal is doing, who has to overcome the 1,000 points behind Alcaraz in Turin from November 14 to 21. The Murcian has a comfortable mattress to work on for the first time in his career as the best tennis player in the world, but he will have to wait from his easy chair for Nadal not to reach the 1,000 points that will take him off his seat. For that, the Spaniard will have to win the tournament undefeated, i.e. by winning all three group stage matches, or win the tournament by losing one or two of the group stage matches. It will not be an easy task; firstly because of the inactivity of Nadal, who has only played one official game in two months -defeating Tommy Paul in Paris- and secondly because he has never been particularly good in the ATP Finals, where he has barely reached two finals .
As for the Davis Cup, Sergi Bruguera needs a replacement for his number one. Pablo Carreño and Roberto Bautista will take on the individual duties against Croatia, led by Marin Cilic and Borna Coric, and will have to add a fifth player to the squad of Marcel Granollers and Albert Ramos.
Alcaraz’s return to the slopes is scheduled for an exhibition in Abu Dhabi from December 16 to 18, as long as his body allows.
Source: La Verdad
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