The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, number 3 in the world and winner of the last two editions of the ATP 500 tournament in Barcelona, will not be able to defend his crown as he has not recovered from his right forearm injury.
When everything pointed to the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz was going to be in Count of Godó from Barcelona, finally, the Murcian decided with his team not to compete in the tournament after failing to overcome the discomfort in his right forearm in the last session on Sunday morning.
Alcaraz already had to leave at the last minute of the Monte Carlo tournament. Two consecutive tournaments, something that had not yet happened to him in his short career on the circuit. In addition, two events where he started as the main favorite and where he was going to gain pace ahead of Roland Garros.
The man from Murcia, who trained on Thursday and Friday at the Ferrero Tennis Academy, traveled to Murcia over the weekend to spend a few days with his family. His entire team traveled there and trained yesterday and today at the Country Club, next to his house. In the last session today, Alcaraz did not have a good feeling in his right forearm and despite trying until the last minute, he decided that it was best not to force himself and get off the Conde de Godó 2024, where he was defending the title.
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“The Murcian player has suffered from the injury he suffered last week in Monte Carlo, he did not have a good feeling in his training on Sunday and, despite having tried until the last moment, he will not be there,” the organization of the event explained in a statement. tournament.
As the first seed, Alcaraz should have entered action from the second round, an advantage that his compatriot did not have. Rafael Nadal, who will face the Italian Flavio Cobolli in the first round.
“We are going to miss you, champion,” indicated the organization of the Barcelona Open in X, a message that was accompanied by a photo of Alcaraz posing with the Conde de Godó trophy won in 2023.
“We wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you again next year,” added the tournament.
The tournament organization announced that tomorrow, Alcaraz will attend the tournament to attend to everyone and make an appearance after his last-minute withdrawal. Alcaraz will not be able to defend his 500 champion points from last year and misses his second consecutive tournament on a tour that is so tight that any setback causes him to lose several tournaments.
The tennis player from El Palmar is already looking at what could be his next tournament: Madrid. With his debut scheduled for Friday or Saturday, he has almost 14 days ahead of him to recover from that discomfort in his forearm. If they also lose the Madrid tournament, it would be difficult for them to stay in the Top 3-Top 4 of the Ranking and arrive at a good pace for the event marked in red on the calendar, such as Roland Garros.
Source: Ambito
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