The 2024 edition of the Internazionali d’Italia kicked off today with the first matches of the women’s main draw. At the Foro Italico the atmosphere is always special, but inevitably the enthusiasm of the fans has been dampened by the excellent injuries of the last few weeks. The reference is mainly to Spanish Carlos Alcaraz it’s at Jannik Sinner.
The Iberianreturned to play in Madrid after missing the matches in Monte Carlo and Barcelona due to problems with his right arm, he suffered the classic relapse and therefore no Rome. Complicated situation for Sinner tooforced to withdraw in Madrid due to hip problems before facing the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and then to painful failure in the event in front of the home crowd.
Accident issue that takes center stagegiven the abandonments on the Spanish red clay also by the Czechs Jakub Mensik and Jiri Lehecka and the world no.4, Daniil Medvedev. This was said by the WTA n.1, Iga Swiatektriumphant at the Caja Magica: “I think overall everything is more challenging today because we play faster. On the other hand, however, we are always very focused on improving physically. Sometimes you take more precautions because of this. Now, however, everyone moves better, everyone is stronger, it’s difficult to win games. Then personally for me it is difficult to make a comparison between playing on hard courts and playing on clay at ATP level. I’m not the kind of specialist who can analyze the reasons behind these injuries. Maybe the fact that they all happened in this period could also just be a coincidence“, declared the Pole during the press conference at the Foro Italico.
“In general it can be said that the Tour, both at a women’s and men’s level, is becoming more and more demanding, both due to the length of the tournaments and the rules of having to play a certain number of tournaments. Let’s see what will happen in the future. Proper planning will be important, because sometimes you are forced to miss tournaments that are important to you, just to be ready for the next one“, Swiatek specified.
