World no. 2 Carlos Alcaraz will not compete in Monte Carlo next week following two deep runs in March. Carlos is back on the practice court at home in Murcia, hoping to recover for the Barcelona Open and seek the title defense.
A teenager fell to Jannik Sinner in the Miami Open semi-final, not feeling well in the decider and revealing post-traumatic arthritis in his left hand and muscular discomfort in the spine. Alcaraz took a couple of weeks off, not challenging Novak Djokovic in Monte Carlo and setting his eyes on the return in Barcelona.
Carlos made a breakthrough run in 2022, starting from outside the top-30 and finishing as the year-end no. 1 player! Alcaraz claimed his first Masters 1000 title in Miami, becoming the third-youngest Masters 1000 champion after Michael Chang and Rafael Nadal.
The young Spaniard conquered Barcelona in April and cracked the top-10 before his 19th birthday as the first player since Nadal in 2005!
Carlos Alcaraz hopes to compete again at the Barcelona Open.
Not stopping there, a super-talented youngster dominated the Madrid Masters following back-to-back wins over Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev!
Alcaraz became the no. 1 contender and proved that with more promising results on clay in June and July. Carlos went to the US…