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Paris (AFP) – Spain’s Carlos Alcaras, ranked first in the world, announced on Friday that he will not participate in the Australian Open Tennis Championships, the first of the four major tournaments, which will be held from the 16th to the 29th of this month, due to an injury to his right leg while he was practicing.
“While I was at my best during pre-season, I sustained an injury by making a wrong move during training,” the 19-year-old US Open champion wrote on his Twitter account, adding, “Unfortunately, I will not be able to participate in the Australian Open.”
“I’ve worked hard to reach the best level for Australia, but unfortunately I won’t be able to participate in the Kooyong tournament or the Australian Open. It’s a difficult time, but I have to stay optimistic, recover and look forward. We will meet once more at the 2024 Australian Open,” he added. “.
At the age of 19, Alcaras became the youngest player to be at the top of tennis since the establishment of the ATP World Classification in 1973 by winning last September the US Open, opening his first victory in the Grand Slam tournaments.
A few months later, he became the youngest player in the history of yellow football to finish the year on top.
However, the injury curse befell Alcaras as a stomach rupture forced him to withdraw from the quarter-finals of the 1,000-point Paris Masters last November, bringing the curtain down on his competitive season prematurely. This injury also prevented him from participating in the final tournament that brings together the best 8 players of the year that was held in Turin and in the Davis Cup for teams.
Everyone waited for his return to Melbourne with the aim of seeing a possible competition with Serbian Novak Djokovic, the best player on hard courts (nine titles in the Australian Open and three in the US Open), knowing that the winner of 21 major titles missed the Australian Open and Flushing Meadows competitions last year. Because he refused to receive the Corona virus vaccine.
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