2 min learnMight 19, 2026 10:38 PM IST
Two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz pulled out of the most-prestigious tennis occasion of the yr, the Wimbledon, as a result of a wrist damage that has been bothering him for some time.
Alcaraz is a two-time Wimbledon champion, having received back-to-back titles in 2023 and 2024, beating Novak Djokovic in each finals. He misplaced within the last final yr to Italian ace Jannik Sinner.
“My restoration goes properly and I’m feeling a lot better,” Alcaraz posted on his social media accounts on Tuesday whereas asserting his determination to not play at Wimbledon, “however sadly I’m nonetheless not able to compete.”
The damage on his racquet-holding wrist is a remnant of the Barcelona Open final month. Alcaraz was additionally compelled to drag out of the French Open, which begins this weekend. Alcaraz received the clay-court event the final two years.
Alcaraz has already received a Grand Slam title this yr: he breezed to the Australian Open title initially of the yr to turn into the youngest man ever to win all 4 main titles in tennis.
“They’re two actually particular tournaments for me and I’ll miss them rather a lot,” Alcaraz mentioned of lacking Wimbledon and the warmup occasion at Queen’s Membership in London. ”We’ll preserve working to return again as quickly as potential!”
Lacking out on two Grand Slams in a row is prone to result in him slipping additional behind within the rankings factors race to Italy’s Sinner. Sinner had unseated Alcaraz because the world’s high ranked male participant final month. Sinner has additionally received the previous six Masters 1,000 tournaments, together with three prior to now 5 weeks.
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Sinner and Alcaraz have carved up a pleasant rivalry between themselves within the post-Federer vs Nadal period. The previous 9 males’s main singles titles have been break up between Alcaraz and Sinner, with the Spaniard successful 5 of them.
(With inputs from AP)
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