Carlos Alcaraz to miss Davis Cup tie as Spain play Australia

Carlos Alcaraz volition not diagnostic successful the Davis Cup connected Sunday with Spain owed to play Australia.

Both Spain and Australia person already qualified for the last signifier of the Davis Cup successful Malaga, which begins successful November.

As a result, the 21-year-old has opted not to play connected Sunday and did not instrumentality portion successful grooming with his Spanish teammates connected Saturday.

Alcaraz volition instrumentality the play disconnected earlier travelling to Berlin connected Tuesday to vie successful Laver Cup.

Patrick Mouratoglou, the erstwhile manager of Serena Williams, has urged Alcaraz to prioritise remainder aft a hectic docket this year.

‘He was exhausted, mentally exhausted,’ Mouratoglou said this week.

‘I americium not amazed that helium is saying that helium had truthful galore thoughts and truthful galore emotions that helium couldn’t woody with,” the Frenchman said.

‘That is precisely the effect of idiosyncratic who is emotionally drained. He’s very, precise emotional. We’ve seen him cramp galore times already.

‘If you look astatine Roger, Rafa, and Novak, person you seen them cramp erstwhile successful a match? All their careers? He cramped galore times already, lone astatine 20. He’s an affectional player.

‘So I deliberation that knowing that, successful the future, they volition person to deliberation of a calendar wherever helium has capable remainder – intelligence rest, not carnal rest. Mental rest. I deliberation it is precise important for his future.’

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