The Murcian star breaks down in training and announces his withdrawal from the first Grand Slam of the year.
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, number one in the world, has announced on social networks that he will not play the australian open due to an injury to the semimembranosus muscle of the right leg.
“When I was in my best moment of the preseason, I have been injured in a fortuitous and forced gesture training, this time on the semimembranosus muscle of the right leg. I had worked a lot to reach my best level in Australia,” Alcaraz said on Twitter, confirming his loss for the first Grand Slam of the season.
I’d worked so hard to get to my best level for Australia but unfortunately I won’t be able to play the Care A2+ Kooyong or the Australian Open. It’s tough, but I have to be optimistic, recover and look forward. See you in 2024 @AustralianOpen ❤️
– Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) January 6, 2023
“Unfortunately I won’t be able to play either the Care A2+ Kooyong or the Australian Open. It’s a hard time, but I have to be optimistic, recover and look ahead. See you (in Australia) in 2024,” added the world number one.
Alcaraz played his last matches in the Mubadala exhibition tournament and was preparing for the start of the season.
The defeat with Berrettini
The Murcian, who finished 2022 with five titles, including the United States Open, his first Grand Slam, he had scheduled his third participation in Melbourne Park, the scene of the Australian Open. In the first edition that he played, after playing the preliminary phase, he lost in the second round against the Swede Mikael Ymer.
Last year, he lost in the third against the Italian Matteo Berrettini in a marathon meeting. By falling so early he did not defend excessive points, which allows him to avoid a debacle in the ranking, although he didwill stop adding many points in the Grand Slam in which he had the most margin. This makes it difficult for him to defend number one when tournaments in which he was successful arrive, such as those in Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Barcelona or Madrid.
Nadal, first seed
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The absence of Alcaraz dynamite in the distribution of the tournament, so that Rafael Nadalin principle, it will start as first seed defending the title won last year in Melbourne in an exciting final against Medvedev. This circumstance could be avoided by Stefanos Tsitsipas, but he would need a feat from Greece in the United Cup.
The loss of the Murcian also makes it easier for Djokovic sneaks into the top four seeded, so there will be a 50% chance that the Serbian and Nadal fall on the same side of the table and can meet in the semifinals.