Auger-Aliassime avoids Round 2 match in Monaco against Alcaraz, who has forearm injury
Two-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters tournament on Tuesday because of a muscle injury to his right forearm. He was scheduled to play Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in Wednesday's second round.
![Auger-Aliassime avoids Round 2 match in Monaco against Alcaraz, who has forearm injury](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7168191.1712678077!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/auger-aliassime-felix-240409-1180.jpg)
![On Monday, Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime, pictured, needed only 82 minutes to beat Luca Nardi of Italy 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco. Canadian men's tennis player, who is wearing a yellow adidas T-shirt, raises his right arm and clenches his fist at chest height in reaction to scoring a point in his first-round match at the Monte Carlo Masters tournament in Monaco on April 8, 2024.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7168191.1712678077!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/auger-aliassime-felix-240409-1180.jpg)
Two-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters tournament on Tuesday because of a muscle injury to his right forearm. He was scheduled to play Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in Wednesday's second round.