Carlos Alcaraz, broken: neither Masters nor Davis Cup

The day after Carlos Alcaraz retired injured during the Paris-Bercy quarter-final match against Holger Rune, the worst omens came true.

The number one, 19, suffers a tear in the abdominal area that will force him to stop for at least six weeks, so he will miss the final stretch of this season in which he has risen to the top.

In this way, he will not play the Turin Masters Cup, from November 13 to 20 in Turin, nor the final phase of the Davis Cup, from 22 to 27 in Malaga.

Sad brooch for the Murcian in a course in which he has always competed at full speed and in which wear and tear has played a trick on him.

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Injury and red light for Alcaraz

In the middle of the afternoon this Saturday, the tennis player transmitted the news through his social networks, in a message in which he specified the exact injury.

"After being evaluated 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," said Alcaraz, who the day before he withdrew from the match against Rune when he had lost the first set (6-3) and was trailing (3-1) in the tie-break of the second, fearful that the damage could get worse.

Shortly before he left the court, the Spanish player began to feel significant pain in his abdominal area that prevented him from serving and hitting the ball correctly with his right hand, as well as turning his body correctly, so he decided to leave.

With no time to lose, he immediately returned home and underwent an examination by his trusted doctor, Dr. Juanjo López, and his physiotherapist, Juanjo Moreno.

The result of the resonance revealed the breakage and, therefore, Alcaraz will not be at the master event in Turin nor at the Martín Carpena to lead Spain.

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It so happens that last year, the first at full capacity on the professional circuit, the Spaniard also had to be absent from the Davis Cup Finals after testing positive for covid-19 the afternoon before the competition.

On this occasion, the cause of the drop responds to the musculature, which has paid for the efforts and the transfer.

Five titles, 70 matches

In 2022, Alcaraz has played 70 games (57 wins and 13 losses), distributed in 17 tournaments, to which two extra commitments with the Spanish team are added: in February, when he made his debut against Romania in Marbella, and in September, when he intervened twice after having conquered the US Open.

He did it from El Palmar –the youngest governor in the history of the ATP, by unseating Lleyton Hewitt– without time to catch his breath and after an achievement that forced him to express himself;

in fact, he invested 23h 39m to lift his first

of his, an unusual record in the locker of any champion of the great New York.

Without respite, he landed in La Fonteta.

His good work has allowed him to progress to the final seasons of the tournaments –at least 12 appearances in the quarters–, in the same way that it has ended up taking its toll on him.

Champion in Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Barcelona, ​​Madrid and the US Open, he was going to play the Masters Cup for the first time – in 2021 he triumphed with authority in the promises cup – and lead Sergi Bruguera's team, which is now in a compromised situation.

Spain will face Croatia in the quarterfinals and without Rafael Nadal, who has chosen not to force, nor him, broken, the captain will have to rely on the skills of Pablo Carreño, Roberto Bautista, Albert Ramos or Marcel Granollers.

After being evaluated by my medical team, @drlopezmartinez and @JuanjoMoreno_M, 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.

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– Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) November 5, 2022

Now, the coach will have to look for a replacement for him – with Alejandro Davidovich from Malaga and Pedro Martínez from Valencia as more solid options – and his place in Turin will be occupied by the American Taylor Fritz, as the first reserve.

The physical setback exposes Alcaraz to the loss of the throne, although the two candidates to take it away must go very far in Italian lands.

Nadal, located at 1,000 points in the world list, would have to win the tournament or reach the final undefeated;

Stefanos Tsitsipas, for his part, must win without losing a match.

The Greek lost yesterday in the Bercy semifinals against Novak Djokovic: 6-2, 3-6 and 7-6 (4).

The Serbian, who will play his eighth final and defends the title, has resolved 29 of his last 30 games.

He will collide this Sunday (3:00 p.m., Movistar) with the young Holger Rune, who cut the winning streak of Felix-Augger Aliassime (6-4 and 6-2) and will parade for the first time in the final of a Masters 1000. At 19 years old , the Danish already monopolizes looks.

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