Novak Djokovic said Thursday that the tennis level of Carlos Alcarazwhich will be low in the Masters 1000 from Madrid For an injury to the psoas, it is already at its level, that of the Swiss Roger Federer And also of Spanish Rafa Nadal.
“He has already reached the tenistic level. With results at this age it can already be said that it has been more than all of us with this age (21 years). But he has a career and a lot of time, he has everything necessary to get to history, to be the highest history of our sport,” said Djokovic, currently number 5 of the world, at a press conference.
Hours after the number 3 of the ATP ranking announced that he suffers discomfort in the left adductor, which prevents him from playing in the Spanish capital, the Serbian lamented his absence.
“It is not a very good news for the tournament, Carlos in the last two or three years is the number one star here with the Spanish public, which gives him a lot of strength. Montecarlo won, two days later he played in Barcelona, another final (…) Physically, it is expected that he has a little problems,” added the three times champion in Madrid (2011, 2016 and 2019).
Djokovic, 37, also acknowledged that he will face the tournament as a preparation for Roland Garros, which will be played from May 25 to June 8 in Paris.
The tennis player, who returns to the Magic Fund for the first time since 2022, will try to achieve his first title of the season, the number 100 in his career, after a drought that began at the Paris Olympic Games in August last year.
