Alcaraz began his recovery this Thursday at the Jockey Club, with the weekend coinciding with Kuerten.

Carlos Alcaraz He had to say goodbye to the Río Open early Tuesday morning after suffering a slip that left him with a grade 2 lateral sprain.

The Murcian, the early favorite in the draw, learned the true extent of the injury after undergoing an MRI at Copa Star Hospital yesterday.

Alcaraz has already announced that he will be able to play on March 3 at the Rafael Nadal exhibition in Las Vegas, organized by Netflix, and then will continue his planned schedule and compete in the Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells (from 6 to 17). ) and Miami (from 20 to 31).

The world number two does not give a day’s respite and this Thursday, as MARCA learned, he began the recovery of the affected area in the gym of the Jockey Club in Rio, accompanied by his physiotherapist Sergio Hernandez and his fitness coach Alberto Lledo.

Carlitos, who will remain in Brazil until next week, will attend the tournament regularly to work out and stay fit.

This Saturday he will face local idol Guga Kuerten, who lent his name to the center court of the Rio Open 500. The tennis player from El Palmar does not plan to travel to Las Vegas until the 1st, the date on which his commitments begin, until the match with Nadal, scheduled for Sunday, March 3 at 12:30 p.m. local time.