Carlos Alcaraz will not play the 1,000th Masters in Rome (May 8-19) due to the discomfort in his arm that the Spanish tennis player has been experiencing for the last month. Alcaraz, 20 years old (he will turn 21 this Sunday) confirmed the news this Friday through his social networks after revealing in the press conference after his defeat against Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open that he had resented these discomforts in his forearm that already made him give up the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000 and the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in the month of April. “It’s been a while since I’ve had a game like this and I woke up with sore muscles all over my body. The forearm was there, there, and all that has taken its toll on me a bit,” Alcaraz said this Wednesday.
I felt pain after playing in Madrid, discomfort in my arm. Today I had some tests and I have muscle edema in the pronator teres, a consequence of my last injury. Unfortunately I won’t be able to play in Rome. I need rest to recover and be able to play without pain at… pic.twitter.com/hCm87LLIhH
— Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) May 3, 2024
Alcaraz underwent tests this Friday after the pain suffered during his match against Rublev and the results detected a muscle edema in the pronator teres, in the area of the arm that has caused him so much discomfort in recent weeks, and he has decided to stop thinking to get to Roland Garros as best as possible. “I felt pain after playing in Madrid, discomfort in my arm. Today I had some tests and I have muscle edema in the pronator teres, a consequence of my last injury. Unfortunately I won’t be able to play in Rome. I need rest to recover and be able to play 100% without pain,” Alcaraz stated on his social networks.
In this way, Alcaraz will not be able to compete in the last big test on clay before Roland Garros, where he hopes to arrive fully recovered from this forearm injury.
Alcaraz’s absence in Rome will have no impact on the Spaniard in the ranking, since Alcaraz will only lose 45 points after losing in the third round of the Roman tournament to Fabian Marozsan last year.
A tournament in Rome in which his main pursuer in the ranking, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, cannot add points since he defends the 1,000 champion points last year, so, whatever happens in Rome, Alcaraz will be in third place. seed in the draw for the final draw at Roland Garros, where he hopes to improve on last year’s semifinals… if his forearm allows it.
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2024-05-03 10:49:08
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