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Tennis Mailbag: Is Carlos Alcaraz’s Injury Part of a Bigger Problem Plaguing the Sport?

SI·Jon Wertheim·about 1 month ago
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Hey everyone, • Here’s this week’s Served podcast. We talk Rafael Jodar, beleaguered college tennis and more: • In non-tennis news: The Little 500 is among the coolest college sporting events in America. Onward … Jon,  How worried should we be about Carlitos’s injury? When I hear “wrist,” I can’t help but think of Juan Martín del Potro and how he was never the same. Also Dominic Thiem. If you have access to his medicals, please share. If not, do you have any idea how serious it is? Thanks, P.  • This question, of course, pertains to the news that Carlos Alcaraz will miss Roland Garros —and the opportunity to defend his title—because of his wrist injury. The severity? That’s the big question. One hopes that this is largely precautionary, and that Alcaraz recovers quickly—in time for grass season—and that this is simply an unfortunate incident in a long and successful career (none of which elapses totally free of injury).…

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