Alcaraz Retires Hurt From His Rio Open Match Due To An Ankle Injury. Wawrinka Is Also Out – News18

RIO DE JANEIRO: Two-time main winner Carlos Alcaraz retired harm from the Rio Open on Tuesday after two video games on account of a proper ankle harm.

The retirement at 1-1 meant Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro superior to the second spherical. He will face his compatriot Felipe Meligeni Alves for a spot within the quarterfinals.

Alcaraz twisted his ankle within the first recreation after solely two factors. He obtained medical consideration, broke Monteiro’s serve, however after the Brazilian pulled degree he shook his rival’s hand and left the courtroom strolling as his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero appeared involved.

The Spanish participant mentioned his docs mentioned the harm was not severe.

“These things happen, even more so on clay,” Alcaraz mentioned, “It was not a problem of the court, I got injured as I switched direction. That happens in this kind of surface.”

Alcaraz mentioned he does really feel ache when he walks and that he can have medical scans on Wednesday.

“I came back to the game to see whether I could carry on or not. I spoke to the physio on the court and we decided together I should continue to see if this would get better. It didn’t happen, so we chose to be careful and abandon due to precaution,” he mentioned.

Monteiro mentioned it was unusual to undergo after enjoying so little time towards Alcaraz.

“On the court it didn’t look so serious, but then I saw it in the big screen and it was a bad twist. Now I can only cheer for him to recover, he is a star, a dominant one in the new generation,” the Brazilian mentioned.

Alcaraz was the runner-up on the clay courtroom match in Rio de Janeiro final 12 months, and its winner in 2022.

The harm provides to Alcaraz’s beneath-par performances on the Argentina Open final week. The 20-12 months-outdated, who gained the title in 2023, was eradicated by Chile’s Nicolás Jarry within the semifinals in Buenos Aires.

Earlier, three-time main winner Stan Wawrinka was crushed 7-5, 6-4 within the first spherical by Argentina’s Facundo Díaz Acosta. The 23-12 months-outdated Díaz Acosta beat Jarry within the last to win his first title on Sunday on the Argentina Open.

Tuesday’s match was delayed for nearly two hours on account of rain in Rio de Janeiro. Diaz Acosta’s subsequent opponent shall be his compatriot Sebastián Báez.

The 38-12 months-outdated Wawrinka gained the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and 2016 U.S. Open, the place he defeated the world No. 1 participant within the last on all three events.

Díaz Acosta performed in Argentina as a wild-card entry with a profession-excessive rating of 87. He rose to No. 59 on Monday.

“I had to have a lot of patience because of the rain,” Díaz Acosta mentioned. “Stan is a legend, it was amazing to play against him.”

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