Carlos Alcaraz has been pictured with his wrist in a cast after suffering an injury at the Barcelona Open.
The Spaniard has withdrawn from the Barcelona Open and Madrid Open and is a serious doubt for the Italian Open and French Open, two events where he is scheduled to defend his title.
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As the tennis world speculates whether he will be fit to compete at Roland Garros, former world number one Andy Roddick has delivered his verdict on Alcaraz’s injury.
Andy Roddick wants to think Carlos Alcaraz’s wrist injury isn’t ‘crazy, serious’
During the latest episode of ‘Served with Andy Roddick‘, Roddick said the following.
“That’s not what you want to see [picture of him in a cast],” Roddick admitted.
“I mean, the sunshine analysis on that one is that you just want to completely immobilise something for little irritance.
“You hope that is what it is.
“You’ve got to think if he’s hiding something, he’s not taking pictures with it.
“I remember when Fed [Roger Federer] was hurt at the Laver Cup, his knee was all bad, and people didn’t realise how many surgeries he had.
“He was on crutches but he would put the crutches out of the photo every time he was taking them.
“I want to think it’s not like a crazy, serious thing, if he’s taking that cast out for picture time.”
Roddick went on to take another swipe at the two-week Masters 1000 events…
“[This is] not what you want to see if you’re the tournament director of Madrid!” he said.
“I’m going to make one quick statement: You’re more likely to pull out of a tournament that’s going to cost you 12 days if you’re on the fence.
“If I was Feliciano Lopez, I would be trying to sell that it’s not a Madrid specific decision, that it’s going to affect the other tournaments as well.
“It stinks.”
Roddick did, however, provide some hope for Alcaraz’s fans.
“He’s missed this tournament before and/or pulled out of it before, and/or said my forearm hurts before, and he’s come out and won majors,” he said.
“I will say specifically to arm injuries. If you are in the Alcaraz camp, you would rather have something like this; this is all under the assumption that nothing is torn or needs to be repaired over time… If you have a wrist injury, you can still be in shape, you can still get in your running.
“The worst thing going into a Slam is knowing you don’t have the legs for it, or not knowing if you have the legs for it.”
The American suggested the presence of Juan Carlos Ferrero, Alcaraz’s former coach, would be valuable in times like these.
“I have to imagine, in the [Juan Carlos] Ferrero days, I would have said for sure, he’s out there working on his legs every single day,” said Roddick.
“Listen, Sammy Lopez and Carlos came out of the gate perfectly, no notes, a lot of speculation, they go and win Australia.
Carlos Alcaraz’s results since Samuel Lopez became his head coach
| Tournament | Performance | Match wins | Defeat (if applicable) |
| Australian Open | Winner | 7 (Adam Walton, Yannick Hanfmann, Corentin Moutet, Tommy Paul, Alex de Minaur, Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic) | – |
| Qatar Open | Winner | 5 (Arthur Rinderknech, Valentin Royer, Karen Khachanov, Andrey Rublev, Arthur Fils) | – |
| Indian Wells | Semi-finalist | 4 (Grigor Dimitrov, Arthur Rinderknech, Casper Ruud, Cameron Norrie) | Daniil Medvedev |
| Miami Open | Third round | 1 (Joao Fonseca) | Sebastian Korda |
| Monte Carlo Masters | Runner-up | 4 (Sebastian Baez, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Alexander Bublik, Valentin Vacherot) | Jannik Sinner |
| Barcelona Open | Second round | 1 (Otto Virtanen) | – |
“I will say this, and this is no disrespect to their current situation, because Carlos outperforms everyone all the time, even with the expectation. Personal experience, coaching doesn’t really present itself in the best of times.
“When everything is going well, you have to think coaching is a lot easier.
“Coming off of Indian Wells, which was maybe not the best result for him, losing early in Miami, losing to his rival in Monte Carlo, now dealing with a little bit of a wrist injury.
“This is where I think we are going to see the Ferrero effect.”
What is wrong with Carlos Alcaraz’s wrist?
As reported by ‘El Partizado de Cope’, Alcaraz’s wrist injury is an inflammation of the tendon sheath.
Recovery can take anywhere from two-three weeks, to several months.
Alcaraz will be hoping he can recover as quickly as possible, and return to defend his French Open title.
The 2026 French Open begins on Sunday, May 24.
