Injured: Superstar Carlos Alcaraz gave up in Barcelona

Tennis-Star Carlos Alcaraz has given for his second round match at the ATP500 tournament in Barcelona against the Czech Tomas Machac. The reason for this is one Injury to right wristpicked up on Tuesday in the 6:4,6:2 opening win against the Finnish Otto Virtanen. Alcaraz, a two-time Barcelona title holder, played this game just two days after losing the Monte Carlo final to South Tyrolean Jannik Sinner. The next tour stop for Alcaraz would be Madrid.

“After conducting tests, we realized that the injury was more serious than we expected,” Alcaraz explained. “I have to listen to my body to make sure my future is not affected.” He doesn’t like to withdraw from a tournament, especially in Barcelona. “I am very sad that I have to return home to work with my team on my recovery as soon as possible and to be as fit as possible for the upcoming tournaments.”

Meanwhile, the Scottish doubles specialist Jamie Murray his resignation announced. The 40-year-old brother of the two-time single Olympic champion Andy Murray, who retired in 2024, was world number one, has seven Grand Slam titles and in 2015 won Great Britain’s first Davis Cup title since 1936 in a doubles team with his brother.

Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler Austria’s leading doubles pair were eliminated in the opening round on Wednesday in Munich as number four.

By Editor