Le Monde with AFP
He will not have the opportunity to rub shoulders with other tennis masters. Injured in the abdominals, Carlos Alcaraz must give up playing the Masters at the end of the season (from November 13 to 20 in Turin) and the final phase of the Davis Cup (from November 22 to 27 in Malaga), he announced, Saturday, November 5, on social networks.
The world number one had abandoned during his quarter -final at the Paris Masters 1000 on Friday against the Danes Holger Rune. The young Spaniard suffers from a “tear of the internal oblique muscle of the left abdominal wall, with a recovery period estimated at six weeks”, he writes on his Twitter account . “Unfortunately, I will not be able to play the Masters or the final phase of the Davis Cup. It’s a difficult and painful moment to miss these two tournaments so important for me.”
Carlos Alcaraz will keep his throne at the end of the year? With 6,820 points, “Carlitos” is under the threat of two players, his compatriot Rafael Nadal, the closest to a thousand points, and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. A flawless course at the Turin Masters will bring back 1,500 points.