India, Aug. 11 -- Carlos Alcaraz has not been in action since April this year. A wrist injury sustained at the Barcelona Open has kept him on the sidelines for almost five months, forcing him to miss both the French Open and Wimbledon. And while he has been spotted training on a few occasions over the last couple of weeks, his absence from the Montreal and Cincinnati Masters has raised fresh questions over his return ahead of the US Open.

As Alcaraz continues his recovery away from the media spotlight, the Spaniard was the subject of an unsettling assessment on Monday, with an Italian tennis official questioning whether his prolonged absence has affected him beyond the physical side of his injury.

Gianni Daniele, president of the medica...