Murcia, Mar 1 (EFE) professional circuit has played since its premiere in 2020.
The young tennis player from Murcia, 19 years old and number 2 in the world -he is 200 points behind the leader Novak Djokovic-, will have to stop again, which is another setback for someone who had linked two consecutive injuries since November 4 and who reappeared to win the title at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires after three and a half months without competing.
Carlos was about to repeat his success in Brazil, something that prevented him from this ailment that began to appear when he had won the first set 7-5 and beat the rest 3-0 and 0-30 in the second.
Finally, the man from El Palmar, despite his impetus and ending with an obvious limp, gave in to Norrie 4-6 in that round and in the third and final round 5-7.
This Tuesday, two days later and while he was already in Mexico, the extent of the injury was confirmed, a grade 1 strain in the hamstring of his right leg, which will cause him to be “several days off”, as he himself said. .
Although we will have to wait for the evolution of that right thigh, Carlos points to the 1,000 Masters in Indian Wells and Miami, which will be held one after the other between March 6 and April 2.
Even having missed the Australian Open, in the first two months of this 2023, Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil has played nine games, the four he won in Buenos Aires to become champion and the five he played in Rio to end up being runner-up and, With this, he surpasses the records in this sense of his three previous campaigns.
In the first two months of 2022 he played eight matches, the three he faced in the first Grand Slam of the season, the tournament in which he opened his year; and five in Rio, where then he did take the title. His baggage in January and February was seven wins and one 8-1 defeat this season.
In 2021, during the months of January and February, he played five final draw matches -three at the ATP 250 in Melbourne and two at the Australian Open-, plus another four in qualifying phases.
In 2020, before the declaration of the pandemic, Alcaraz played two matches on the ATP circuit, both in Rio, where he made his debut at the highest level after a start to the year in which he shone in ITF tournaments, with 15 matches played in them, and conquering two, both in Manacor; and reaching the final in the third, in the Turkish city of Antalya.
