Carlos Alcaraz will not play the ATP 500 of Barcelona, starting tomorrow. The 20-year-old Spaniard, world number 3 and defending double champion on the Catalan red clay, has not yet recovered from the right forearm problem suffered during training while preparing for the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo, a tournament which he then missed. “I worked in Monte Carlo, trying to recover until the last minute from the injury to the pronator teres muscle in my right arm, but it wasn’t possible and I can’t play. I couldn’t wait to be able to do it. See you next year “.
Target Madrid
The goal of Alcaraz, who won the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells this season, is at this point the 1000 in Madrid (24 April-5 May), where he is the reigning champion. In place of the Spaniard, the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan was brought back into the lineup.
What changes in the ranking
The forfeit in Barcelona strengthens Jannik Sinner’s second position in the ATP ranking (8750) again led by Novak Djokovic with 10035 points. Alcaraz, third behind the Italian (8645), will lose the 500 points from last year’s victory next week and in the following week will have to defend the 1000 from the success in Madrid.
