Carlos Alcaraz will miss the Madrid Open for the second consecutive year after withdrawing on Friday with a wrist injury, dealing another blow to the world number two’s clay court preparations ahead of his French Open title defence.
The 22-year-old Spaniard picked up the injury in a 6-4 6-2 first-round win over Otto Virtanen in Barcelona but withdrew from that tournament when tests revealed the problem was more serious than
