Mar 21, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) reacts after lacking a shot in opposition to David Goffin (BEL)(not pictured) on day 4 of the Miami Open at Exhausting Rock Stadium. Obligatory Credit score: Geoff Burke-Imagn Photographs
Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the Madrid Open on Thursday due to a groin damage, shifting his focus to taking the courtroom in Rome after which returning to defend his French Open title.
Ranked No. 3 on the planet, Alcaraz underwent exams to find out the severity of hamstring and groin accidents incurred within the second set of the Barcelona Open remaining on Sunday. The ATP Tour labeled the damage with no consideration adductor muscle pressure.
“Within the Barcelona remaining I felt one thing within the left hamstring, I did not suppose that it was that severe,” the Spaniard stated Thursday. “I am actually upset that I am not capable of play right here in Madrid.”
“My plan goes to Rome. My mindset is to do every little thing it takes to be one hundred pc for Rome. I’ll do some exams originally of subsequent week simply to see the way it’s improved and from that permit’s see how it will be the subsequent days,” stated Alcaraz, who’s 24-5 this season. “My hope is to play in Rome. If not, the subsequent event is Roland Garros for me. So I’ll attempt to be on courtroom as quickly as doable.”
The occasion in Rome, one in every of three ATP Masters 1000 occasions on clay, is scheduled to start Could 7. First-round play within the males’s singles on the French Open begins Could 25.
Alcaraz, 21, is a two-time winner at Madrid however stated he hasn’t been capable of follow this week, and whereas it was “troublesome to resolve,” he opted to hearken to his physique.
He stated in an Instagram put up to followers he wouldn’t be match sufficient to take the courtroom in Madrid, choosing relaxation to be again to full power for the French Open.
“I simply needed to say that it is an actual disgrace for me not to have the ability to play right here in Madrid. The assist I get right here is unimaginable — actually indescribable. All of the individuals who come to the event, the locals from Madrid, and those that journey from afar to cheer me on. I am deeply grateful — it is a distinctive sort of vitality.
“I look ahead all yr to coming right here to Madrid and taking part in in entrance of you, to creating you get pleasure from my tennis, however this yr it wasn’t doable. Nonetheless, I needed to take this second to thanks for the assist, for the encouragement. Simply know that I hear you, I learn so a lot of your messages, and we’ll come again stronger. I will be again right here in Madrid very quickly.”
Through the second set of the ultimate in opposition to Holger Rune of Denmark at Barcelona, Alcaraz left the courtroom to obtain therapy. He got here again to complete the match however misplaced 7-6 (8-6), 6-2.
Alcaraz, a four-time Grand Slam winner, stated he’ll take a “week or two” away from tennis to heal earlier than resuming coaching.
“I do not wish to get too far forward however I hope I shall be prepared for the French Open,” he stated.
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