🇪🇸 @carlosalcaraz will be unable to defend his title at the @bcnopenbs after he was forced to withdraw from the ATP 500 due to a right arm injury. Get well soon, Carlitos!
"Start at the Slams and work backwards with your priorities": Andy Roddick hopes Carlos Alcaraz withdrawal part of new strategy
ATPMonday, 15 April 2024 at 10:30
Former world number one Andy Roddick believes that Spain’s
Carlos Alcaraz has entered the part of his career where he must prioritise
Grand Slams over everything else. The 20-year-old is often regarded as one of
the most highly-rated players currently playing in men’s tennis in the singles
category along with Italy’s Jannik Sinner.
Alcaraz recently decided to withdraw from the ATP 1000 event
Monte-Carlo Masters, citing a forearm injury. That development cast doubts about the possibility of the current world number three potentially missing more events in the future, including the French Open which will be played in May. Roddick was recently quoted in a report
where he analysed those decisions and suggested that such a decision was taken
because Alcaraz has now reached a point in his career where he has to put
playing Grand Slams ahead of any other event.
"You know he doesn't want to miss any of these clay
court events, especially in his home country,” he said. “I guess the silver
lining is that it's an arm injury. Hopefully, it's not structurally off. That
would be a lot more concerning. But at least he can keep his legs in shape. He's
not going to be risking fitness with the arm injury. It's not as if he's going
to come back, hopefully not looking for his pacing with his legs, his movement.
He can still do all of those drills, better safe than sorry. He has entered the
part of his career where you start at the Slams and work backwards with your
priorities. Hopefully, that's what he's doing here.”
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