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Carlos Alcaraz's readiness for Roland Garros is in question due to a right wrist injury that forced him to withdraw from a tournament after his first match. Patrick Mouratoglou has expressed concerns about Alcaraz's fitness ahead of the Grand Slam.
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With less than a month to go until Roland Garros, Carlos Alcaraz is preparing to defend his Grand Slam title, but doubts are growing about his fitness.
After winning his first match in Barcelona, Alcaraz withdrew from the tournament due to a right wrist injury.
The Spaniard also missed the Madrid Open and has since been seen wearing a wrist splint. Itâs another setback after missing time earlier in the season with forearm issues.
Alcaraz has won two consecutive titles at Roland Garros, including a comeback win over Jannik Sinner last year. But this latest injury raises questions about whether heâll be ready to chase a third straight championship.
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Patrick Mouratoglou has shared his thoughts on Instagram: âBased on the information we have and what weâve seen of the forearm of Carlos Alcaraz, I donât see how he can play Roland Garros.
âFirst of all, Iâm glad that Carlos Alcaraz is thinking about his future rather than thinking about the short term. How bad is the injury? I have no idea.
âSeeing those images makes me think I donât know how he can play Roland Garros. Maybe itâs not that bad, and it was only security.
âI donât know. But my experience tells me that if they decided to put a splint, itâs not a good sign. First of all, because the wrists have to be completely still.
âAnd second, for a week, two weeks, three weeks, I donât know, the muscles are not going to work at all. The muscles are going to start to shrink, and then it will take time to come back.â
Carlos Alcaraz sustained a right wrist injury that caused him to withdraw from a tournament.
Patrick Mouratoglou has warned that Carlos Alcaraz may not be ready for Roland Garros due to his injury concerns.
Roland Garros is scheduled to take place in less than a month from now.
Carlos Alcaraz won his first match in Barcelona but subsequently withdrew from the tournament.
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Mouratoglou also added: âSo for me, itâs difficult to imagine Carlos playing Roland Garros. Of course, itâs a difficult decision to not play in Madrid, which is his home city.
âAnd probably not play Rome and maybe skip even Roland Garros.
Mouratoglou went on to say: âHe said the career is long. Iâm not going to jeopardise potentially my career for short term even though the short term is very important.
Alcaraz has a chance to join an elite group if heâs fit enough to compete in Paris. Only two players in the Open Era have ever won three straight titles at Roland Garros.
Since 1968, Bjorn Borg and Rafael Nadal are the only men to win three consecutive French Open titles.
Borg claimed four straight from 1978 to 1981. Nadal had three separate stretches of dominance: four in a row twice, and one run of five straight.
If Alcaraz manages to lift the trophy again this year, it would give him eight Grand Slam titles, putting him level with Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi and Jimmy Connors on the all-time list.
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