Tennis-Alcaraz to miss Wimbledon as he continues to recover from wrist injury


Tennis - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte Carlo Masters - Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France - April 12, 2026 Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in action during his final match against Italy's Jannik Sinner REUTERS/Manon Cruz/File Photo

May 19 (Reuters) - ⁠Carlos Alcaraz will ⁠skip Wimbledon and ‌the grass-court season as he recovers from a wrist ​injury that also ⁠saw him ⁠withdraw from the French ⁠Open, ‌the world number two ⁠said on Tuesday.

"My recovery is ​going ‌well and I feel ⁠much ​better, but unfortunately I'm still not ⁠ready to be able ​to play, and that's why I have ⁠to withdraw from the grass-court swing at Queen's and Wimbledon," the ​seven-times ⁠Grand Slam champion wrote ​on X.

(Reporting ‌by Rohith Nair ​in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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