Andy Roddick explains why he’s concerned Carlos Alcaraz may pull out of Wimbledon

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Carlos Alcaraz has been ruled out of both the Italian Open and the French Open with an injury.

There are also increasing worries that Alcaraz could be forced to skip the entire grass-court season.

Andy Roddick says there is ‘definitely’ a concern that Carlos Alcaraz will miss Wimbledon

Speaking on his show, ‘Served with Andy Roddick‘, the 2003 US Open winner gave his thoughts on the situation.

“Of course, because we don’t know anything,” he said.

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“If you’re pulling out of tournaments four weeks in advance, yeah, you’re definitely concerned.

“We’re guessing, we’re guessing based on context clues. If you finished a match in Barcelona, I know you called the trainer during that, it feels like wear and tear.

“We’re hoping it’s not a major injury; the context clues don’t suggest that it was something that was ripped, torn in a major way, and we hope that’s the case.

“But f– I do podcasts. I’m not a doctor!”

Roddick then suggested Alcaraz may want to rethink how he schedules his clay-court season going forward.

“By the way, he has not been scared to take tournaments off going into Roland Garros the past two years,” he noted.

“So maybe don’t play back-to-back weeks on clay anymore. You’ve gotten hurt in Barcelona while trying to tack it on to Monte Carlo the last couple of years.

“I know it’s easier said than done, local pressures – it’s in your hometown – and everything else. Curious if you kind of take a step back and start scheduling maybe a little bit differently.