Tennis player Carlos Alcaraz announced this Friday that he will not be in the upcoming Australian Open from a injury suffered in these preseason dayswhen he reached the first ‘Grand Slam’ of 2023 as the number one favourite.
The Murcian, who he ended 2022 atop the ATP rankings at 19 years old, communicated the last hour on his official Twitter account. “When I was in my prime of the preseason, I injured myself with a fortuitous and forced action during training, this time to the semimembranosus muscle in my right leg. I had worked hard to reach my best level in Australia,” he wrote.
“Unfortunately, I won’t be able to play either the Care A2+ Kooyong or the Australian Open. It’s a difficult time, but I have to be optimistic, recover and look forward,” added Alcaraz who would start the course this week at the exhibition tournament and then go from January 16 in Melbourne in search of its second ‘big’.
the pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero He has already missed the last major pot of 2022, the ATP Finals and Davis Cup, with an abdominal injury at the Masters 1,000 in Paris. All in all, Alcaraz worked the preseason to become world number one in Australia and the last ‘Grand Slam’ champion with his historic title last year in New York, but once again injury stands in the way of promising progress. of him.
