{"id":2046815,"date":"2026-07-16T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046815"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:00:32","slug":"why-carlos-alcarazs-latest-social-media-post-left-so-many-to-leap-to-gloomy-conclusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046815","title":{"rendered":"Why Carlos Alcaraz&#8217;s latest social media post left so many to leap to gloomy conclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Why Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s latest social media post left so many to leap to gloomy conclusions<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/kevin-palmer\" 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<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Boris Becker was among the esteemed voices offering up a gloomy verdict on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>\u2019s possible comeback date after his team posted a social media video showing his progress in his attempt to recover from a serious wrist injury.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz sustained the injury playing on clay courts at the Barcelona Open in April and didn\u2019t waste any time pulling out of the French Open and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>While his team tried to play down the severity of the injury, his hastiness in pulling out of a Grand Slam in Paris, where he was the defending champion, and his early move to pull out of Wimbledon fuelled fears that the Spaniard would be out for a sustained period.<\/p>\n<p>When he then released footage last week showing what appeared to be the latest stage of his comeback, fears were inevitably raised over his hopes of playing again in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The video taken at the Alcaraz Academy shows the reigning US Open champion gently hitting balls and not even striking balls as he went through his service motion.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-all-time-greats\">Brad Gilbert states where he ranks Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner among greatest tennis players of all time<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/carlos-alcaraz-wrist-injury-richard-krajicek-exclusive\">Richard Krajicek reveals if Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist injury worries him as he makes prediction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This appeared to be a player in the early stages of a comeback, with Becker suggesting the fallen World No 1 had a long way to go before he is ready to play competitive tennis again in a post on his social media account.<\/p>\n<p>Former British No 1 Greg Rusedski joined Becker in suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> would miss the US Open, but it seems the prognosis on the 23-year-old may be less bleak than initially suggested.<\/p>\n<p>Reports in recent days claim Alcaraz has been given the green light to return to competitive action and his name has appeared on the entry list for next month\u2019s ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati.<\/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>Former US Open champion Andy Roddick gave his views on Alcaraz\u2019s absence in the latest edition of his <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=307Xzb_bwJQ\">Served podcast<\/a>, as he suggested the absence of his rivalry with Jannik Sinner is a big blow to men\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe miss Carlos Alcaraz. We want the foil. Hopefully he is better,\u201d said Roddick. \u201cThere is a release where he has a hole in his racket, swinging through things and hitting lightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he goes out of Barcelona and finishes the match, I don\u2019t know that I would have been saying he is not hitting balls yet by July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope for a speedy recovery. He means so much to this game. The Sinner story is just better with Alcaraz in the mix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSinner still has to be an overwhelming favourite in New York even if Alcaraz comes back. Are the legs there?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need match reps. It\u2019s not as if he re-enters the building and all of a sudden he is the best version of Carlos Alcaraz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/carlos-alcarazs-return-date-confirmed-his-name-appears-entry-list\">Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s return date confirmed as his name appears on entry list<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s latest social media post left so many to leap to gloomy conclusions Kevin Palmer 16 Jul 2026 6:00 PM Carlos Alcaraz during his match in Barcelona Boris Becker was among the esteemed voices offering up a gloomy verdict on Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s possible comeback date after his team posted a social media video [&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-2046815","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\/2046815","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=2046815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2046815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2046815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2046815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}