Tennis has a problem and, especially, men’s tennis. The start of the clay court tour has shown how tight the schedule is and that this causes injuries among the greats who reach the final rounds and want to be present in all the tournaments.
Carlos AlcarazWithout going any further, he injured the pronator teres of his right arm in sYour first training in Monte Carlo on April 5. Six days before he was playing the quarterfinals of the Miami Open on a hard surface.
After 28 days, the Murcian has not recovered from the illness and has announced his resignation from the Rome Masters 1000. He had not played in Barcelona either and arrived in Madrid amidst cotton, a competition in which he played with a compression mesh on his arm. Carlitos’ goal becomes Roland Garros (May 26 to June 9).
An hour after Alcaraz lost in the Madrid quarterfinals with Andrey Rublev, it was Jannik Sinner who gave up continuing in the competition due to his hip. On Thursday it was Daniil Medvedev’s turn, with an adductor injury and a serious doubt to defend the Rome crown starting next week. The draw for the painting is this Monday. And on Friday Jiri Lehecka fell from behind. Jakub Mensik, one of the promises of tennis, had also retired at the conclusion of the first set in the third round with Felix Auger-Aliassime.
In case the infirmary wasn’t full enough, Horacio Zeballos, partner of Marcel Granollers, suffered a hamstring injury. This meant that the new doubles numbers 1 could not jump yesterday to play in the semifinals of the modality.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud, finalists in Monte Carlo and Godó, where the titles were shared, had a puncture in their participation in the Caja Mágica where they physically reached the limit. Tsitsipas lost in the opener to Thiago Monteiro and Ruud went one round before falling to Felix Auger-Aliassime.
It is worth remembering that Rafael Nadal He landed in the capital of Spain with doubts about his presence. In fact, before his debut with the very young Darwin Blanch, he admitted that he did not feel competitive and that he was playing because it was the last time in Madrid. “If it were Roland Garros today, I wouldn’t jump to play“, be sincere.
Nadal does intend to ride on the Foro Italico courts, which have seen him lift the trophy on a total of 10 occasions.
A very tight year
The carousel of injuries has arrived when the worst is yet to come. And 13 days after the conclusion of Wimbledon, the tennis event of the Paris Olympic Games appears on the calendar.
Two days after the individual final in the French capital, the Montreal Masters 1000 begins, which is replaced by Cincinnati. There is only one week of respite for top players before the US Open.
US Open, Davis Cup and Laver Cup
The fight for the crown in New York is on September 8. On the 10th, the group stages of the Davis Cup qualifying for the Martín Carpena finals in Málaga begin. In the case of Germany, the United States, Slovakia and Chile you have to travel to Zhuhai (China).
Both Alexander Zverev and some of the members of the American team, such as Frances Tiafoe or Ben Sheltonthey will play the weekend after in the Laver Cup (20 to 22). And then everyone returns to Asia to play the Beijing Open 500 and the Shanghai Masters 1000.
On the way back to the old continent The exhibition named ‘Six Kings Slam’ is scheduled, with the presence of Novak Djokovic, Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev, Nadal and Holger Rune. There is no truce.
2024-05-04 08:11:44
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