Tennis-Alcaraz Confirms US Open Return After Four-Month Injury Layoff
Alcaraz is expected to return after missing 6,130 ranking points during a 138-day layoff from a right-wrist injury.
- After a 138-day absence due to a wrist injury, 23-year-old Carlos Alcaraz confirmed his return for the United States Open. The Spaniard announced his comeback on social media, declaring, "Here we go."
- Alcaraz has been sidelined since his April 14 wrist injury at the Barcelona Open. He finalized recovery in Murcia, Spain, conducting intensive four-hour training sessions with fellow player Holger Rune to replicate match conditions.
- Missing seven tournaments, the seven-time major champion sat out the French Open and Wimbledon to recover. Alcaraz, currently ranked No3, has been unable to defend 6,130 points during this layoff.
- Tournament organizer Craig Tiley is keeping a wild card for Alcaraz, who arrives in New York next week. The Spaniard may also join the high-profile mixed doubles tournament, pending his official confirmation.
- Seven tournaments remain on Alcaraz's schedule through season's end, beginning with the United States Open later this month. The year concludes with the Laver Cup and ATP Finals in Turin, contingent on Spain's Davis Cup Finals qualification against Chile.
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ROME (ITALPRESS) "Carlos Alcaraz will play the US Open. The same Spanish champion on Instagram has announced it. Since April for the injury to the wrist suffered at the Barcelona tournament, Alcaraz is ready to return to the US Slam. "I'm back," he said in a short video on social media. The 23-year-old Murcia has recently dropped in the world ranking in third place, behind the blue Jannik Sinner and the German Alexander Zverev. For the known pro…
"I'm back," said the current global N.2 with a smile in a very short video published on his Instagram account. The 23-year-old Murcian had declared a package for the Masters 1000 in Madrid at the end of April due to an injury to the right wrist, and had not recovered the shorts since. To add to the speculations, he had again postponed his return early August by declaring a package for the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, a tournament that is currentl…
Tennis-Alcaraz confirms US Open return after four-month injury layoff
Aug 20 (Reuters) - Carlos Alcaraz will return to competitive tennis at the U.S. Open, ending a more than four-month absence caused by a wrist injury, in a bid to defend his title in New York. The seven-times Grand Slam champion confirmed on Thursday ...
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