Carlos Alcaraz, the world’s top-ranked males’s participant, will start his season on clay at subsequent month’s Argentina Open after being pressured to drag out of the Australian Open with a proper leg harm.
The 19-year-old Spaniard will probably be lacking the season’s opening grand slam, which begins in Melbourne on Monday, as a consequence of a muscle downside in his proper leg.
“I am actually trying ahead to beginning my season in Buenos Aires this 12 months, enjoying in a historic match that has been received by nice champions,” the US Open champion, who’s the primary teenager to prime the ATP rankings, stated in an announcement on Wednesday as he set his sights on the February 13 to 19 occasion in Argentina.
“The reality is I used to be very eager to go to Argentina, to play there, so I hope to see you all quickly.”
Alcaraz missed the ATP Finals and Davis Cup on the finish of final season after tearing an belly muscle in the course of the Paris Masters.
Final month, he stated that he was again to virtually full health however then suffered a setback by selecting up the leg harm throughout pre-season coaching.
Alcaraz will be part of Diego Schwartzman, Cameron Norrie, Dominic Thiem and Lorenzo Musetti within the Argentina Open subject.
