“The goal is to be ready for Queen’s and perform at Wimbledon. The injury has inflamed the tendons, luckily there is no rupture. Carlos is in a good mood and is confident that he will come back even stronger. He will work on everything he can, but he will not use the wrist during rehabilitation”, it was announced about his injury on social networks.
Alcaraz got injured ten days ago in Barcelona. He passed the first round and dropped out of the second. At first, the seriousness of the injury was not known, but then he himself announced that he would not play either in Rome or at Roland Garros.
If everything goes according to plan, he will be out of action for about 8.5 weeks. Queen’s is on the schedule two weeks before Wimbledon, so he reckons he will be ready for the tournament where he has to defend his title, which he has won twice.
As the Spanish media write, Rafael Nadal had the same injury in 2014. Because of it, he was eliminated from Wimbledon by Nick Kyrgios, after two months he was ready to return, but by the end of the season he did not pass the quarterfinals.
It’s a good decision for Carlos to take a break because it’s dangerous to rush back to the field – the Madrid “Ace” reports the words of a doctor. – It is a sensitive injury that you must treat with great care. The problem is, once it appears, you have to be careful for the rest of your career. This injury allows you to hold the racket, but not play at your maximum level.
“Ace” also reminds that Juan Martín del Potro and Dominic Thiem had great difficulties due to a similar problem, and that it was the wrist injury that shortened their careers.
Alcaraz had a great start to the season and by winning the Australian Open completed all four Grand Slams in his career as the youngest in history. Then he also won Doha and it seemed that he was on the threshold of perhaps the best season of his career. Now the picture has completely changed – in the meantime, Jannik Sinner has taken over the first place in the world ranking and has a real chance to significantly escape him.
The Spaniard will lose as many as 3,000 points because he will not defend his titles in Rome and Paris, so the Italian can make a big difference. Sinner defends the finals in those two tournaments, but he will also be the main favorite to win them.
(Vijesti.ba)
