Two-time winner Alcaraz out of Wimbledon with injury
Carlos Alcaraz, the two-time Wimbledon champion, will miss this year's tournament due to a wrist injury. He previously withdrew from the Barcelona Open and the French Open to focus on recovery. Alcaraz's absence opens up opportunities for other players, particularly Jannik Sinner, who recently became the world number one.
- ▪Alcaraz withdrew from Wimbledon because of a right wrist injury.
- ▪He is the two-time defending champion at Wimbledon but lost in the final last year.
- ▪Sinner, who replaced Alcaraz as world number one, has won six Masters 1,000 tournaments recently.
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- ▪ Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from Wimbledon because of lingering wrist injury — The Globe and Mail
- ▪ Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from Wimbledon with wrist injury — Al Jazeera English
- ▪ Carlos Alcaraz to miss Wimbledon as wrist injury lingers — Yahoo Sports
- ▪ Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from Wimbledon as wrist injury lingers — New York Post
- ▪ Two-time winner Carlos Alcaraz will miss Wimbledon as he continues to recover from injury — Fox News — Latest
- ▪ Alcaraz to miss Wimbledon as wrist injury lingers — ESPN — Top
- ▪ Former British No. 1 Predicts Carlos Alcaraz Will Miss Wimbledon — Forbes — Business
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Two-time winner Alcaraz out of Wimbledon with injuryImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Two of Carlos Alcaraz's seven Grand Slam titles were won at WimbledonByEmily SalleyBBC Sport journalistPublished19 May 2026, 16:03 BSTUpdated 8 minutes agoTwo-time champion Carlos Alcaraz will miss this year's Wimbledon because of a wrist injury.The world number two withdrew from last month's Barcelona Open after sustaining the injury to his right wrist in the first round.The Spaniard subsequently pulled out of the French Open, where he is the two-time defending champion, to recover."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, 23, wrote on…
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