Carlos Alcaraz, injured in training. He will not play the Australian Open-Corriere.it

Carlos Alcaraz he was training with a 15-year-old boy who is talked about very well, the American Darwin Blanch, first class of 2007 to win an ATP point: stopped and will not leave Melbourne. After the abdominal tear that had caused him to miss the ATP Finals and the Davis finals, here is another injury that will keep him out of the Australian Open starting on Monday 16 January (where Jannik Sinner should be present, who injured his hip at the ATP 250 of Adelaide).

When I was in my pre-season prime, I got injured with a fortuitous gesture during training, this time to the semimembranosus muscle of the right leg, wrote the number one in the world on his social profiles. I had worked hard to reach my best level in Australia. a difficult time, but I have to be optimistic, recover and look forward. Australian Open, see you in 2024. Immediate, always via social media, the response from the official profile of the tournament: Recover soon, Carlos. We will miss you this year and look forward to having you back 100%.

After having all the medical tests done in Australia, Alcaraz has therefore decided to cancel himself from next week’s performances and from the tournament in which he would still have defended only the third round, eliminated a year ago by Matteo Berrettini. Despite the injury in November, Alcaraz had managed to maintain the first position in the ranking, now at risk, with Djokovic (on his return to Australia), Ruud and Tsitsipas lurking. The Spaniard, on the other hand, could return to Rio in mid-Februarywhere he will instead defend the title.