Carlos Alcaraz has been forced to withdraw from Wimbledon as he continues his recovery from the wrist injury that will keep him out of action for at least three months during the most significant part of the tennis season.
Alcaraz has not competed since withdrawing from his second-round match at the Barcelona Open last month after feeling pain in his right wrist during his opening match of the tournament. The 23-year-old had already been forced to pull out of the rest of the clay court season, including the French Open, which begins on Sunday.
Statement from Alcaraz
“My recovery is going well and I’m feeling much better, but unfortunately I’m still not ready to compete, which is why I have to withdraw from the grass-court swing at Queen’s and Wimbledon,” Alcaraz wrote in a statement on social media. “They are two truly special tournaments for me and I will miss them a lot. We’ll keep working to come back as soon as possible!”
Impact on the Tennis Season
Alcaraz is the reigning champion at Roland Garros, where he defeated Jannik Sinner in one of the greatest grand slam finals of all time. The Spanish player, a two-time champion at Wimbledon, reached the final there last year, losing to Sinner in four sets.
Tennis players have to be particularly careful with wrist injuries due to the constant strain their strokes place on their wrists and the risk of developing chronic injuries, meaning Alcaraz’s decision not to compete at Wimbledon comes as no surprise. In his absence, the tour remains at the mercy of Sinner, the world No1, who won his sixth consecutive Masters 1000 title on Sunday with his triumph at the Italian Open and has won 29 matches in a row. Sinner will be the prohibitive favourite for both Roland Garros this week and Wimbledon, which begins on 29 June.
