Tennis world number one Carlos Alcaraz will miss the Australian Open due to a leg injury

World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz will miss the first Grand Slam tournament of the year due to a leg injury sustained during training, he announced on Friday.

The 19-year-old described the problem as being in the semimembrane muscle of the right thigh, in the middle of the thigh. He added that he will also miss the CareA2+ Kooyong Classic next week in Melbourne.

Alcaraz reached the top of the tennis mountain last year when her thrilling victory at the US Open was her first career Grand Slam victory, and is expected to bring many more. He won two ATP 1000 Masters at the Miami Open and Madrid Open and two more at the Rio Open and Barcelona Open.

By the end of the season, Alcaraz was the youngest man ever to reach the world No. 1 ranking, and the tennis world was understandably excited to see where he would go next.

Injuries have been a problem for Alcaraz in the past, with the Spaniard missing the ATP Finals last year with a torn stomach muscle and the Italian Open with an ankle injury.

The Australian Open will be played without the world number one for the second year in a row. Last year, Novak Djokovic was deported due to his refusal to obtain the COVID-10 vaccine and a dispute over his visa papers.

This time there is no such problem, because Djokovic is already in Australia and preparing for the tournament.