The Masters 1000 ATP Mutua Madrid Open has been a continuous nightmare in this edition. He fell, sportingly, Rafael Nadalleft a Carlos Alcaraz who accused the moon of being away from the competition due to injury, such as numbers Alexander Zverev or Stefanos Tsitsipas, By Casper Ruud. No. 1 Novak Djokovic he doesn’t compete either.
Minutes after two-time champion Alcaraz, the Italian, fell Jannik Sinner announced that he will miss the quarterfinals, this Thursday, due to a right hip injury.
Provided direct access to Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimewho calmly saw how the unexpected Czech would be his opponent Jiri Lehecka, the executioner of Rafael Nadal who found an unexpected gift.
The general jinx towards male figures also reached Daniel Medvedev who retired after losing the first set 4-6 in 42 minutes. Although he did seek help from the physiotherapist when he was leading 3-2.
He left to check, came back a little limp and barely played, out of decorum, awaiting the outcome of the game. He is not there to compete, and in a few days he will also have to defend his title in Rome.
Physical problems bring down the stars of this sport. Medvedev suffered a cruel blow, because the injury to his right thigh, sometimes touching the groin, comes at a very delicate moment because Rome and Roland Garros are almost connected.
With this traumatic farewell from Medvedev, Alcaraz ensures that he will remain at number three in the world ranking, which would have been the case for the Russian if he had beaten Lehecka, a semi-finalist on Friday with Auger-Aliassime. Another conflict, Andrey Rublev vs. Taylor Fritz. See it to believe it.
Source: La Verdad
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