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     Richard Krajicek speaks about Carlos Alcaraz                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek has told Tennis365 why he thinks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>\u2019s wrist injury is \u201cmuch tougher\u201d to deal with than most of the other injuries tennis players suffer.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz has not played a match since he began experiencing pain in his right wrist during his first round win against Otto Virtanen at the Barcelona Open on 14 April.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grand Slam champion, who was forced to miss Roland Garros and Wimbledon, has not revealed the specific nature of the injury, with some initial reports claiming it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/leading-injury-expert-verdict-carlos-alcaraz-wrist\">an inflamed tendon sheath in his wrist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 3 has not confirmed when he will play again, although Spanish media outlet La Verdad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-receives-positive-news-as-he-edges-closer-to-a-return\">reported this week that he is targeting a comeback at next month\u2019s Cincinnati Masters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with Tennis365, Krajicek revealed he is not concerned about Alcaraz returning to \u201chis full form\u201d following his injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere hasn\u2019t been too much information. They\u2019re much tougher injuries \u2014 these wrist or elbow injuries,\u201d said the Dutchman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had an elbow injury myself. It\u2019s really difficult to reset when you start playing again [after this type injury]. So, you hit a little bit\u2026 You need to go step by step.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-had-complaint-about-the-cincinnati-open-in-2025-and-they-appear-to-have-listened\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz had complaint about the Cincinnati Open in 2025 and they appear to have listened<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/glad-jannik-sinner-won-wimbledon-mens-tennis-major-charisma-problem-without-carlos-alcaraz\"><strong>\u2018I\u2019m glad Jannik Sinner won Wimbledon but men\u2019s tennis has a major charisma problem without Carlos Alcaraz\u2019<\/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>\u201cIt\u2019s not as clear-cut as tearing the ligaments in your ankle, which they say is three or four months, and it\u2019s always three or four months, and then you can play again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yeah, it takes a bit of time, but he\u2019s young, and I think he\u2019s got good healing power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not concerned that he will play, and I\u2019m not concerned that he\u2019s going to return to his full form.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s a question of when. Is it gonna be for the hard courts [in North America]? Is it gonna be for the indoors? But still, I think it\u2019s going to be this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Krajicek won 17 singles tournaments, including the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and\u00a0reached a career-high ranking of world No 4 during a career spanning from 1989 to 2003.<\/p>\n<h2>Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s 2026 season so far<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> won his first 16 matches in 2026, having secured titles at the Australian Open and the Qatar Open before his unbeaten streak ended with a semi-final loss to Daniil Medvedev in Indian Wells.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard was then beaten by Sebastian Korda in the third round in Miami and Jannik Sinner in the Monte Carlo final before withdrawing after one match in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old\u2019s win-loss record for the season is 22-3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/canadian-open-withdrawal-list-carlos-alcaraz-victoria-mboko-out-novak-djokovic-emma-raducanu\">Canadian Open withdrawal list: Alcaraz and Mboko absent with question marks over Djokovic and Raducanu<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Krajicek reveals if Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist injury worries him as he makes prediction Ewan West 16 Jul 2026 7:00 AM Richard Krajicek speaks about Carlos Alcaraz Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek has told Tennis365 why he thinks Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist injury is \u201cmuch tougher\u201d to deal with than most of the other injuries tennis players [&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-2045956","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\/2045956","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=2045956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2045956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2045956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2045956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}