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The Mutua Madrid Open has misplaced vital Spanish star energy.
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz formally withdrew from subsequent week’s Mutua Madrid Open as we speak as he continues restoration from the fitting wrist harm that compelled him to tug out of Barcelona after his opening-round win over Otto Virtanen.
Reigning Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open champion Alcaraz introduced his departure from the Madrid area as we speak.
“There’s some information that [is] extremely onerous to share. Madrid is dwelling, one of the particular locations on my calendar, and that’s why it hurts a lot not to have the ability to play right here for the second yr in a row,” Alcaraz posted on X. “It hurts particularly to not be in entrance of my individuals, in a event which means a lot. Thanks for the unwavering affection, and I hope we see one another quickly.”
Hay noticias que cuesta muchísimo dar. Madrid es casa, uno de los lugares más especiales del calendario para mí, y por eso me duele tanto no poder jugar aquí por segundo año consecutivo. Me duele especialmente no poder estar delante de mi gente, en un torneo que es tan especial.… pic.twitter.com/Qr6bznFJod
— Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) April 17, 2026
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz joins Grand Slam king Novak Djokovic, a three-time Madrid champion, in withdrawing from the occasion. The Mutua Madrid Open is ready for April Twentieth-Might third.
After he pulled out of Barcelona this week, Alcaraz mentioned the fitting wrist harm he sustained was extra severe than he initially thought.
“It’s unusual and tough to take a seat right here for the second time and talk that I gained’t be capable to proceed within the event,” the 2025 finalist Alcaraz instructed the media in Barcelona. “As you would all see, yesterday within the match after a return my wrist beat me and I felt a discomfort that progressively received worse.
“It’s a state of affairs that I had already felt beforehand and that I believed was not going to go any additional, that it was solely a requirement for the entire week.
“However wanting on the proof as we speak, it’s a barely extra severe harm than all of us anticipated. I have to take heed to my physique, what fits me finest, that it doesn’t have an effect on me sooner or later.”
