Carlos Alcaraz gives horrible news to his fans to announce that his 2022 is over because of his abdominal injury. The world number 1 will not play at the ATP Finals and the Davis Cup. Carlito said that after an examination, his doctor said that he cannot participate in competitions for at least 6 weeks. That means that all of his focus will be on recovery.
Carlos released the following statement:
“After my withdrawal yesterday and having been evaluated by my medical team, @drlopezmartinez and @JuanjoMoreno_M, unfortunately this is the result of my injury: an internal oblique muscle tear in the left abdominal wall with an estimated recovery time of six weeks.
Unfortunately, I won’t make the ATP Finals or the Davis Cup Finals. It is tough and painful for me to miss these two events, which are so important to me, but all I can do is be positive and focus on my recovery. Thank you for the support!”
With this news, Carlito may lose the world number 1 position to Rafael Nadal or Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2022
Now the world no.1, the Spaniard played his last match on the 4th of November when he had to retire when playing against world no.18 Holger Rune in the quarter and the scoreline was 6-3 6-6 .
This season Carlos achieved an overall 57-13 match record. Alcaraz clinched 5 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Barcelona, Madrid and U.S. Open. Alcaraz reached the final in Hamburg and in Umag.