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Bad start for Alcaraz: he dropped out of the Australian Open due to injury

Bad start for Alcaraz: he dropped out of the Australian Open due to injury

“When I was in my best moment of the preseason, I injured myself in a fortuitous and forced gesture while training, this time in the semimembranosus muscle of my right leg. I had worked a lot to reach my best level in Australia”he wrote in a first message on Twitter.

“Unfortunately I won’t be able to play either the Care A2+ Kooyong or the Australian Open. It’s a tough time, but I have to be optimistic, recover and look forward. See you in 2024 @AustralianOpen”the 19-year-old tennis player then added.

Alcaraz became the youngest player to reach number one in the world since the creation of the ATP ranking in 1973 in 2022, after winning the US Open in September at the age of 19. A few months later he was also the youngest to finish the year at the top of the ranking.

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An abdominal tear led him to leave in the quarterfinals of the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000 in November, after which he had to put an end to his season, unable to be in either the Masters at the end of the season in Turin or in the phase Davis Cup final.

His return in Melbourne was especially expected in view of an eventual duel with Novak Djokovic, the best player on hard courts (nine titles at the Australian Open and three at the United States). The Serbian returns this 2023 to the first ‘big’ of the season, which last year he could not dispute due to his refusal to vaccinate against Covid-19.

Source: Ambito

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