Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from Italian Open due to injury

03/05/2024 13:16

World No 3 Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the Italian Open in Rome, which starts May 8. Alcaraz, who lost to Russian Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open, has been struggling with a forearm injury for the last month. On Friday, the 20-year-old released a statement saying that the injury had worsened. “I felt some pain after playing in Madrid, some discomfort in my arm,” Alcaraz said. “Today I did some tests and I have a muscle edema in my pronator teres, a consequence of my recent injury. “Unfortunately I will not be able to play in Rome. I need to...