Carlos Alcaraz has to pause for "a few weeks" after being injured in the US Open
Carlos Alcaraz announced in an update that the injury the Spaniard sustained at the US Open this year looks more severe than originally thought. Accordingly, 18-year-olds will have to stay away from the ATP tour for a few weeks.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Sep 14, 2021, 09:47 am
Carlos Alcaraz staged his irresistible forehand from the baseline for the last time, firing a final inside-out winner over the net to capture what was probably the biggest surprise of the men's tournament at the US Open. We're talking about that five-set fight with the number three in the world, Stefanos Tsitsipas, in which the 18-year-old celebrated by far his greatest career success - and was able to play his way into the last eight of a major event as a teenager .
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More than inglorious, this run was to end days later in the quarter-finals, after four games in the second round the Spaniard had to give up due to an injury, with which the next youngster, Felix Auger-Aliassime, was able to reach the first Grand Slam semi-final of his career.
Alcaraz is absent from the tour for a few weeks
The injury that forced the 18-year-old to give up in the biggest match of his career to date now ensures that the super talent is absent from the ATP tour for a longer period of time. Alcaraz announced this in a statement on the social networks: "A fibrillary tear in the vastus medialis and in the lateral quadriceps as well as a stretch in the adductor area were found, so that I have to take it easy for a few weeks," an examination by his doctor would have shown.
It is unclear at the moment how long the 18-year-old will not play any official matches. Due to his strong results on clay and recently at the US Open, the Spaniard was able to make a strong leap forward in the world rankings, and Alcaraz is now ranked 35th. Things look even better in the race to the ATP finals, here the 18-year-old is in 21st place. The world number 35 is hard to take. however, the participation in the Future ATP Finals, behind Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jannik Sinner, the Spaniard is in third place there.