Carlos Alcaraz withdraws in Madrid with proper adductor pressure
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 Laborious Rock Stadium. Obligatory Credit score: Geoff Burke-Imagn Photographs Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the Madrid Open on Thursday due to a groin harm, shifting his focus to taking the court docket in Rome after which returning to defend his French Open title.
Ranked No. 3 on this 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 harm without any consideration adductor muscle pressure.
“Within the Barcelona remaining I felt one thing within the left hamstring, I did not assume that it was that critical,” 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 part it takes to be one hundred pc for Rome. I’ll do some exams initially of subsequent week simply to see the way it’s improved and from that allow’s see how it is going to 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 court docket as quickly as doable.”
The occasion in Rome, one in all 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 apply this week, and whereas it was “tough to resolve,” he opted to hearken to his physique.
He stated in an Instagram publish to followers he wouldn’t be match sufficient to take the court docket in Madrid, choosing relaxation to be again to full energy for the French Open.
“I simply wished 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 form of power.
“I look ahead all 12 months to coming right here to Madrid and taking part in in entrance of you, to creating you get pleasure from my tennis, however this 12 months it wasn’t doable. Nonetheless, I wished 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.”
In the course of the second set of the ultimate in opposition to Holger Rune of Denmark at Barcelona, Alcaraz left the court docket 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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