It’s the party Carlos Alcaraz abandoned due to injury against the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro in first round of the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro It marked the Murcian’s third withdrawal in his 207 matches as a tennis professional at the highest level since March 2020.
This was the match in which the 20-year-old world number 2 spent the least amount of time on court. Alcaraz sprained his right ankle while playing the second point on clay at the Jockey Club Brasileiro headquarters.
The student of Juan Carlos Ferrero He tried to keep going and, in fact, he won the first game against someone else but lost the second one on serve and it wasn’t good. After only 18 minutes of play, and after spending nearly a quarter of an hour not playing between the time he sat on the ground and the time he spent receiving medical attention, he chose not to avoidable, congratulate his rival and leave the racket without even breaking a sweat. The best thing is that a priori this is not a serious injury.
Alcaraz, who left Monteiro at 1-1 in the first set, did not finish a match for the third time in his career although on several occasions he chose to go to the end with discomfort. Especially remembered his suffering against Serbian Novak Djokovic in the Roland Garros semifinals last year and in the final, certainly in Rio also in 2023 against the British Cameron Norrie, and in both cases he was logically defeated.
The other two Spanish withdrawals occurred in the quarterfinals of 2021 US Open when he retired in his match against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime can no longer bear the pain felt in the adductor of the right leg and the discomfort felt in the left thigh and abdomen. He bowed out after losing the first set 3-6 and fell in the second 1-3 after 1 hour and 8 minutes on the fast court of Flushing Meadows.
Carlos’ second KO in the Masters 1,000 quarterfinals came early, one of the Paris-Bercy in 2022 against Danish Holger Rune. The Spaniard lost the first set 3-6 and won the second 6-5 when he felt a pinch in his left side. Due to this problem, his opponent forced sudden death and Alcaraz could not take the pain anymore and chose to leave after 1 hour and 39 minutes of the match at the Accor Arena in the French capital.
Alcaraz, whose next tournament should be the Masters 1,000 in Indian Wells, from March 6 to 17, and where he will defend his title, is awaiting the results of tests to see the status of his right ankle . His exhibition against Rafa Nadal in the 3rd in Las Vegas is also in danger.
Source: La Verdad
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