MADRID – You can never be too careful when it comes to a wrist injury, believes former ATP world No. 1 Jim Courier when analyzing Carlos Alcaraz’s turbulent present. Rushing makes no sense, adds the American, who points to the
MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz will not be at Wimbledon. The 23-year-old announced on Tuesday that he is also withdrawing from the grass court swing due to a right wrist injury, a decision that raises serious questions about the severity of
In the universe, nothing moves faster than the speed of light. In tennis, it seemed nothing could move faster than Djokovic, who at 37 became the first player to win every important trophy in the tour. Jannik Sinner’s title run
The enormous expectations and hype surrounding Joao Fonseca add a great deal of pressure to the 19-year-old. Yet the Brazilian is handling it well. So says Belgian Alexander Blockx, who will likely face him many times on tour. “He’s getting
Jannik Sinner, the champion. A phrase that keeps repeating itself throughout 2026. And with no player able to truly challenge him, the question looms over the sport: who can stop the world No. 1? The Italian lifted the Madrid Open
Tennis doesn’t come without a price. If Jimmy Connors, Guillermo Vilas, Björn Borg or John McEnroe had put their joints and ligaments under the same strain as players like Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz do, their careers would
MADRID – Carlos Alcaraz’s wrist injury is more serious than expected, to the point that the world No. 2 cast doubt on Monday over his participation at Roland Garros at the end of May. “Well, we’ll see,” Alcaraz told TVE,
MADRID – Withdrawing from the Madrid Masters 1000 is a cause for concern for Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard will miss his second consecutive tournament due to a wrist injury, will fall further behind Jannik Sinner in the race for the
More than his astonishing shots and his records at 22, what impresses Roberto Bautista Agut most about Carlos Alcaraz is his personality. “I call Carlitos a ‘being of light’. He has incredible energy, and in any field or discipline he
BARCELONA – The same setting, the same time of year, the same problem. Carlos Alcaraz has picked up an injury at the Barcelona tournament. The phrase applies to 2025, but also to 2026. A year ago it was his leg,
Until this Sunday, the narrative of the rivalry between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz contained an asterisk: the almost total dominance of the Spaniard on clay. In the collective imagination of the circuit, clay was the ecosystem where Alcaraz’s technical
MADRID — In tennis, talent is the entry ticket, but without discipline it is impossible to transcend. Juan Carlos Ferrero, the man behind the early explosion of Carlos Alcaraz, offered a reflection that sharply dissects the difference between being a
