Carlos Alcarazwho suffered an injury on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro will prevent his participation in Acapulco, is suffering a new setback in his progress, although still This year the most professional circuit matches played since its premiere in 2020.
The young tennis player from Murcia, 19 years old and number 2 in the world -he is 200 points behind the leader Novak Djokovic-, he had to quit again, which was another setback for someone who has reeled off two consecutive injuries since November 4 and that he reappeared to win the ATP 250 title in Buenos Aires after three and a half months without competing.
Carlos was about to repeat his success in Brazil, something that prevented him from this illness that began to appear when he won the first set 7-5 and beat the rest 3-0 and 0-30 in the second.
Finally, El Palmar, despite his impetus and ending with an obvious limp, he gives up Norrie in that sleeve 4-6 and in the third and final 5-7.
This Tuesday, two days later and being already in Mexico, the extent of the injury has been confirmed, a grade 1 strain in the hamstring of the right legwhich would cost him “a few days off”, as he himself put it.
Although we have to wait for the evolution of the right thigh, Carlos pointed to the 1,000 Masters in Indian Wells and Miami, which will be held between March 6 and April 2.
Even if the Australian Open was missed, in the first two months of 2023 the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero He played nine games, the four he won in Buenos Aires to become champion and the five he played in Rio to become runner-up. and, with it, he surpassed the definition records of his three previous campaigns.
In the first two months of 2022 he played eight games, the three he faced in the first Grand Slam of the season, a tournament in which he opened his year; and five in Rio, where he took the title. His January and February haul was seven wins and one loss at 8-1 this season.
In 2021, in the months of January and February, he played five final draw games -three at the ATP 250 in Melbourne and two at the Australian Open-, plus another four from the qualifying phase.
In 2020, before the declaration of the pandemic, Alcaraz played two matches on the ATP circuit, both in Rio, where he made his debut at the highest level after the beginning of the year where he shined in the ITF tournaments, with 15 matches played in them, and won two, both in Manacor ; and reaching the final in third place, in the Turkish city of Antalya
Source: La Verdad
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