Carlos Alcaraz, who did not have a successful Asian tour, will not be able to remove that thorn in the ATP500 in Basel (October 21-29), where he planned to participate. And as announced by the Swiss tournament itself, Alcaraz had to withdraw from the Swiss competition due to injury.
“The injured Alcaraz is forced to cancel Basel. Stan Wawrinka advances to the main draw,” announced the Basel tournament through its social networks. “Alcaraz had to cancel his start at the Swiss Indoors today (October 21-29) due to an injury. According to his doctor’s bulletin, the world number two is suffering from swelling in the sole of his left foot and problems with muscles. of the butt,” added the aforementioned Instagram publication.
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Alcaraz’s farewell to this tournament is a blow to his quest to cut the points in the world ranking from number 1, Novak Djokovic. The Murcian tennis player is coming off a loss in the round of 16 of the Shanghai Masters against Grigor Dimitrov by 7-5, 2-6 and 4-6 a week ago and a loss in the semifinals of the China Open against Sinner by 7 -6 (4) and 6-1. The injury comes at a bad time for Alcaraz, where he needs to rediscover success and his best tennis.
Source: La Verdad
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