Carlos Alcaraz, the 19-year-old tennis phenomenon who won the US Open last September with some long and thrilling matches, will miss this month’s Australian Open, the opening Grand Slam of the 2023 season. .
Alcaraz posted on Friday that he was injured during practice. “This time the semi-membranous muscle in my right leg,” he wrote.
“I’ve worked so hard to be in top form for Australia but unfortunately I won’t be able to play Care A2+ Kooyong or the Australian Open,” he wrote. “It’s been difficult, but I have to be optimistic, recover and look ahead.”
Spain’s Alcaraz beat Norway’s Casper Ruud in four sets to US Open final champion, his first Grand Slam championship. He ended the season as the highest-ranked male tennis player in the world.
