Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz but not only. Some have a hip problem, some have an arm problem, some have a shoulder problem 7 flat rates for the main draw of the Internazionali d’Italia, the fifth ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the season, starting tomorrow on the red clay courts of the Foro Italico in Rome. The 22-year-old from South Tyrol was forced to raise the white flag due to a hip injury, which began at the Monte Carlo tournament and worsened in Madrid last week and which also puts his presence at Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam of the season, at the start on May 26 in Paris.
Alcaraz, on the other hand, suffers from an edema of the forearm which has haunted him since the beginning of the ‘red’ season. After giving up in Monte Carlo and Barcelona, the 21-year-old Spaniard tried to play Madrid but in the quarter-final lost to Andrey Rublev the pain increased making it impossible for him to participate in Rome.
In addition to number 2 and 3 in the world he will be Jiri Lehecka was also absent, number 23 in the ranking. The Czech was injured during the first set of the semi-final in Madrid against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. His back locked up again and forced him to retire after six games.
Also notable is the absence of the almost 37-year-old Andy Murray, winner in Rome in 2016 and former world number one. The Scotsman, currently number 77, has been out of action since the Miami tournament when he suffered ruptured ankle ligaments during the match against the Czech Tomas Machac. An injury that will keep him away from the pitch for a few more weeks.
He also won’t be competing the Serbian Laslo Djere. The world number 44 hasn’t played for almost a month, since retiring during the first round of the Monte Carlo tournament against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, when he left the field due to an arm injury. The last two absences concern the Argentine Facundo Diaz-Acosta and French Arthur Cazaux. The world number 48 raised the white flag due to a problem in his right shoulder blade. The number 75, however, has not yet recovered from the ankle injury suffered in the match in Barcelona against the Italian Matteo Arnaldi.
