{"id":2054349,"date":"2026-07-21T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2054349"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:00:15","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-has-become-a-mystery-as-former-world-no-7-left-confused-by-his-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2054349","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz &#8216;has become a mystery&#8217; as former world No 7 left confused by his injury"},"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\">Carlos Alcaraz \u2018has become a mystery\u2019 as former world No 7 left confused by his injury<\/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\/ewan-west\" 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match                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>A former world No 7 has declared that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> has \u201cbecome a mystery\u201d and admitted he is \u201chaving a hard time understanding\u201d the Spaniard\u2019s lengthy absence due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz has not played since 14 April, when he sustained a right wrist injury in his first round win at the Barcelona Open.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grand Slam champion is yet to reveal when he will return, with Spanish outlet La Verdad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-receives-positive-news-as-he-edges-closer-to-a-return\">reporting last week that he is targeting next month\u2019s Cincinnati Open.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-injury-concern-grows-still-training-very-low-intensity-us-open\">Clay have since reported, though, that sources close to Alcaraz said:<\/a> \u201cCarlos is training, but still at a very low intensity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Italian website <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fanpage.it\/sport\/tennis\/corrado-barazzutti-sinner-a-wimbledon-e-sempre-la-stessa-storia-alcaraz-e-un-oggetto-misterioso\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fanpage<\/a>, former ATP star Corrado Barazzutti expressed confusion over Alcaraz\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s become a mystery,\u201d said Barazzutti, who won five ATP titles and reached two Grand Slams semi-finals in a career spanning from 1971 to 1984.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/carlos-alcaraz-injury-mark-philippoussis-exclusive-interview\"><strong>\u2018The tennis world needs Carlos Alcaraz back \u2013 but his injury is complicated\u2019, says Grand Slam finalist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/kyle-edmund-exclusive-interview-tennis-injuries-alcaraz-djokovic-raducanu-complaints\"><strong>Kyle Edmund speaks out about injuries after Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Emma Raducanu complained<\/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>\u201cHe plays in Monte Carlo and loses to [Jannik] Sinner. Then he goes to Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwins the first match, and retires the next day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom that point on, he doesn\u2019t play for three or four months due to a wrist problem. At least as far as I\u2019m concerned, I\u2019d never heard of this problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I never had any inkling that he had a wrist problem or that he was in pain. That\u2019s why I\u2019m having a hard time understanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what the problem is exactly, but it must be something serious, given that even today there\u2019s no concrete talk of his return. The wrist, moreover, is a very delicate part of a tennis player\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really don\u2019t know what to say. But, at least from what\u2019s been made public, practically nothing is known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz started the 2026 season as the world No 1 and held onto top spot until 13 April, when he was overtaken by Sinner after he lost to the Italian in the Monte Carlo Masters final.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grand Slam champion, who holds a 22-3 record in 2026, is now third in the rankings, with Alexander Zverev climbing to second after Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/ilie-nastase-picks-jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz-player-he-is-in-love-with\">\u2018I\u2019m in love with Carlos Alcaraz \u2013 he\u2019s the best example of what it means to love your sport\u2019 \u2013 ex-world No 1<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz \u2018has become a mystery\u2019 as former world No 7 left confused by his injury Ewan West 21 Jul 2026 6:00 PM Carlos Alcaraz during a match A former world No 7 has declared that Carlos Alcaraz has \u201cbecome a mystery\u201d and admitted he is \u201chaving a hard time understanding\u201d the Spaniard\u2019s lengthy absence [&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-2054349","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\/2054349","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=2054349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2054349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2054349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2054349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}