The Spanish tennis player, second in the world ranking and first seed in the Rio tournament, suffered a sprain in the third game of the first set against local Thiago Monteiro and left the match, so that his rival could advance to the eighth of final.
The ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro lost its main character. Second racket on the planet and first seed in the tournament, Carlos Alcaraz, He suffered an injury which prevented him from continuing his match.
Because the day of competition in Rio experienced too many upheavals on Tuesday. The rain delayed the entire schedule and, what’s more, fate caused the tournament to lose its consular character.
During prime time, the carioca public I was looking forward to seeing the Hispanic against local credit Thiago Monteiro, 117th in the ATP rankings. However, the duel lasted literally less than ten minutes.
Only the second point of the match was decided, the European leading 0-15, thanks to Ceará’s service. A new South American and Hispanic service, who fell in the semi-final of Buenos Aires against Nicolas Jarry made a bad move to the side.
All while his right foot twisted to end the Iberian on the ground. This is how it remained for a few minutes, when The chair umpire came down worriedly to ask the player if he could continue.
The match continued. But in the third game of the first set, the Murcian could no longer take his ankle and He decided to leave the match after the score had just marked 1-1 in the first set. .
Immediately, the worst diagnosis was confirmed. Alcaraz He suffered a sprain and definitively agreed with his opponent and the main referee to abandon the match.
“The feeling was bad because I fell badly, that’s the impression. I felt pain from the first moment and I knew it was going to be difficult to play. I told him I would try for two games and if he didn’t I would give up. If you extend the rope at the end it breaks “, said the Iberian after the match.
Likewise, he added that “My physiotherapist and the ATP therapist told me they didn’t think it was anything serious.” . The ankle needs to cool down. Let’s see my next moves and what appears in the images. From there we will go one direction or another.
Second bad news of the day for the organizers of the event who, earlier, had seen how the Swiss Stan Wawrinka (another of the attractions of the tournament) lost in two sets against the Argentinian Facundo Díaz Acosta .
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