Nadal-Alcaraz Exhibition Canceled Due to Injury

Rafael Nadal at the French Open Tennis Championships in 2019
Rafael Nadal at the French Open Tennis Championships in 2019. Photo by Ella Ling/BPI/Shutterstock (10266531ad)

An exhibition match between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz scheduled to take place in Las Vegas on Sunday has been canceled after both Spaniards incurred injuries. Customers who already purchased tickets will be refunded as a result.

The organizers of the event revealed on Wednesday that the 19-year-old Alcaraz injured his right hamstring. While not yet confirmed to be an injury of a severe nature, Alcaraz has also pulled out of this week’s tournament in Acapulco, Mexico as a result.

Nadal has been injured since January when he picked up a hip flexor problem. As a result, he was sidelined during the Australian Open and will now miss the upcoming Indian Wells and Miami Open Masters 1000 tournaments.

With both players at opposite ends of their careers, the exhibition match would have shown two generational talents hailing from Spain. Nadal currently holds a record 22 Grand Slam titles, while the teenaged Alcaraz claimed his first Grand Slam success at the US Open last year. The countrymen finished the 2022 season as the top two players in the ATP World Rankings.

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