Carlos Alcaraz says he is “heartbroken” after withdrawing from Spain’s Davis Cup Finals team because of injury. <\/p>\n
World number one Alcaraz, 22, who was beaten by Jannik Sinner at the ATP Finals<\/a> on Sunday, says he has been advised not to compete because of swelling in his right hamstring. <\/p>\n Spain face the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup quarter-finals in Bologna, Italy on Thursday. <\/p>\n Spaniard Alcaraz, who won the French and US Open titles this year to take his career Grand Slam tally to six, wrote on Instagram, external<\/a> that playing for his country was the “greatest thing there is”, adding: “I’m going home heartbroken…”<\/p>\n World number two Sinner – the four-time Slam winner – and team-mate Lorenzo Musetti are both missing from Italy’s team, leaving Germany’s Alexander Zverev, the world number three, as the only top-10 ranked player at the eight-team finals. <\/p>\n The Spanish tennis federation said Alcaraz felt “physical discomfort” in the back of his thigh during the first set of his 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 final defeat in Turin by 24-year-old Sinner. <\/p>\n Alcaraz travelled to Spain’s training camp on Monday but medical tests revealed “significant muscle strain with marked oedema” in his hamstring.<\/p>\n He secured the year-end world number one ranking<\/a> last week after reaching the knockout stages of the ATP Finals with three straight wins. <\/p>\n