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                        <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Spanish tennis great Alex Corretja has described Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s absence from tennis due to injury as \u201chell\u201d and claimed the sport has \u201clost some magic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> has been sidelined from the tour since 14 April, when he suffered a right wrist injury during his opening round win against Otto Virtanen at the Barcelona Open.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grand Slam champion is yet to confirm when he will return to action, although he is not on the entry list for the Canadian Open, which is the next big tournament on the calendar after Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 2 recently shared an update on his Instagram account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/boris-becker-shares-worrying-update-on-carlos-alcaraz-after-watching-him-train\">featuring a selection of training photos and videos, with the caption: \u201cOn the right path.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boris Becker has since expressed concern that Alcaraz is \u201cstill far off\u201d, while Greg Rusedski has said he would be \u201cshocked\u201d if the Spaniard plays the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Spanish newspaper <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/tenis\/wimbledon\/2026\/06\/30\/alex-corretja-wimbledon-marcara-despues-le-queda-carrera-djokovic.html\" target=\"_blank\">Marca<\/a>, Corretja discussed the impact of Alcaraz being unable to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot having Carlos on the courts is hell. We\u2019ve lost some of our magic, our essence,\u201d said the two-time Roland Garros finalist.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/carlos-alcaraz-wrist-injury-rick-macci-exclusive\">Carlos Alcaraz gets encouraging verdict on his wrist injury from legendary tennis coach<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/greg-rusedski-deeply-concerned-for-carlos-alcaraz-after-watching-him-practice\"><strong>Greg Rusedski expresses worry for Carlos Alcaraz after watching his practice videos<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t experience it with the same enthusiasm because, if you love tennis, there are interesting things happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Roland Garros, without Carlos and then when Sinner and Djokovic lost, it felt like the world was opening up. The tournament became very interesting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut not having Alcaraz isn\u2019t just about tennis anymore, it\u2019s about tension, about the excitement you feel on the day he plays; when he doesn\u2019t play, Sinner or Djokovic does, and the feeling is completely different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I commentate on a Carlos match, there are so many people hooked. You talk to him after the match\u2026 It\u2019s a similar situation to when [Rafael] Nadal was playing. Whether they\u2019re there or not makes a big difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuckily for the Spanish, in Paris, [Rafael] Jodar reached the quarter-finals. You really notice when Alcaraz isn\u2019t there; you feel a bit orphaned, and people let you know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyway, I always find joy in whatever it is. For example, I found [Flavio] Cobolli\u2019s run to the Paris final very interesting. Or [Alexander] Zverev winning despite feeling like the favourite. It was a great story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/marat-safin-jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz-roger-federer-comparison\">Carlos Alcaraz &amp; Jannik Sinner get blunt Federer, Nadal, Djokovic comparison from Marat Safin<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Not having Carlos Alcaraz on the court is hell \u2013 we\u2019ve lost some of our magic\u2019 Ewan West 13 Jul 2026 7:00 AM Carlos Alcaraz during a match Spanish tennis great Alex Corretja has described Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s absence from tennis due to injury as \u201chell\u201d and claimed the sport has \u201clost some magic.\u201d Alcaraz has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2040306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2040306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2040306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2040306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2040306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}