His presence should delight the spectators and reassure the organizers. Disturbed by pain in his left foot and back in recent weeks, Carlos Alcaraz announced on Wednesday his return to competition for the Rolex Paris Masters, which begins this Saturday, October 28 with qualifying. The Spaniard had to withdraw from the Basel tournament this week, but he will be sufficiently recovered to take part at the end of the season.
The Wimbledon winner is regularly hampered by injuries. Last year, during the same Masters 1000 in Paris, he suffered abdominal pain and had to throw in the towel against Holger Rune in the quarter-finals. This season, the Spaniard was successively slowed down by pain in his hamstrings, hand, back and then cramps during his Roland-Garros semi-final against Novak Djokovic.
This time, it was the left foot and the back that caused the problem. “Unfortunately, I will not be able to play in Basel this year,” he wrote on his social networks. I have an arch issue in my left foot and a muscle strain in my lower back that needs to be addressed in order for me to play the remainder of the season. » The rest was therefore beneficial since Carlos Alcaraz will resume competition at the Masters 1000 in Paris.
It was again on his social networks that the Spaniard announced the good news. “I have good news,” he wrote in a message accompanied by a photo in care and another on a field. I feel better every day and I will play Paris-Bercy and be in Turin for the ATP Finals. I can’t wait to end the year on a high note. » In the Capital, the world No. 2 could still face Novak Djokovic in a new clash of the titans. The world number one position at the end of the year is at stake.
