World No.1 drops Australian Open bombshell

World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the Australian Open aft suffering a limb wounded successful training.

The US Open victor took to Twitter connected Saturday greeting to denote the news.

"When I was astatine my champion successful preseason, I picked up an wounded done a chance, unnatural question successful training. This clip it's the semimembranosus musculus successful my close leg," helium said connected Twitter.

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Carlos Alcaraz during the US Open last against Casper Ruud. (Getty)

Having battled an abdominal interest precocious successful 2022, the quality volition travel has a monolithic stroke for Alcaraz. The Australian Open would person been his archetypal expansive slam since becoming satellite No.1.

The Australian Open was besides shaping up connected insubstantial to beryllium 1 of the strongest expansive slams successful history, with the full top-100 successful some mens and women's tennis entered.

"I'd worked truthful hard to get to my champion level for Australia but unluckily I won't beryllium capable to play (Kooyong) oregon the Australian Open," Alcaraz said.

"It's tough, but I person to beryllium optimistic, retrieve and look forward."

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