Ankle injury forces Alcaraz out of ATP Rio Open first round
RIO DE JANEIRO: World number two Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from his first-round match on Tuesday at the ATP Rio Open after rolling his right ankle in just the second match point against Thiago Monteiro. The Spanish star took a medical time-out, sprained his ankle and won the first game, but after dropping his serve in the second game, dropped it in yet another setback in what has been a disappointing 2024 campaign so far. Shortly after the fight Alcaraz told reporters that the decision to withdraw was a “precautionary measure” and that physiotherapists who treated him had indicated that the
