Top seed Alcaraz pulls out of Acapulco with strained hamstring

Carlos Alcaraz withdraws participation in Acapulco

Carlos Alcaraz will not join the hunt for the title at the tennis ATP500 tournament in Acapulco. The top-seeded Spaniard withdrew his participation on Tuesday due to thigh problems. The US Open winner should have played his opening game on Tuesday. The bleed was number two in the world in the final in Rio de Janeiro, which lost 7:5 4:6 and 5:7 against Cameron Norrie on Sunday. The 19-year-old had just recently returned to the tour after a long i…

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ACAPULCO, Mexico – Matteo Berrettini won the seven games he played on Tuesday before Alex Molcan retired with a wrist injury in the second round of the Mexican Open. The 26-year-old Italian, playing his first match since he lost to Andy Murray in the first round of the Australian Open on Jan. 17, won the first set 6-0 and was up 1-0 in the second when Molcan decided he could not continue. Also Tuesday, top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz and fifth-seeded …

Carlos Alcaraz, Cameron Norrie Withdraw From Acapulco ATP 500

Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the ATP 500 tournament in Acapulco on Tuesday with a right hamstring strain as fifth-seeded Cameron Norrie pulled out citing fatigue, organizers said. Both had been on the order of play for Tuesday, just three days after Britain's Norrie rallied to beat an ailing Alcaraz 5-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the Rio Open final. That result had left world number two Alcaraz with fresh fitness concerns after he was repeatedly se…

Carlos Alcaraz, Cameron Norrie Withdraw from Acapulco ATP 500

Organisers of the ATP 500 tournament in Acapulco confirmed that Carlos Alcaraz and Cameron Norrie have pulled out

Tennis: Alcaraz out of the Acapulco Open

The Spaniard is injured in the right thigh and withdrew from the Mexican tournament.