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04/24 12:51 CDT Reigning two-time champ Carlos Alcaraz out of French Open due
to wrist injury
Reigning two-time champ Carlos Alcaraz out of French Open due to wrist injury
MADRID (AP) --- Carlos Alcaraz won't play for a third successive French Open
title due to a right wrist injury.
Alcaraz posted on X on Friday that neither would he appear in the preceding
Italian Open in Rome, where he also won last year.
No. 2-ranked Alcaraz was injured at the Barcelona Open this month during his
first-round win and withdrew the day after.
He pulled out of this week's Madrid Open and attended the Laureus World Sports
Awards in the Spanish capital on Monday with his wrist immobilized. Alcaraz was
named world sportsman of the year at the gala.
Alcaraz confirmed he was a no-go for Paris after undergoing more medical tests
on Friday.
"After the results of the tests carried out today, we have decided that the
most prudent thing is to be cautious and not participate in Rome and Roland
Garros," he wrote on X. "It's a complicated moment for me, but I'm sure we'll
come out stronger from here."
Alcaraz started the year in sensational form, beating Novak Djokovic in the
Australian Open final. That made him the youngest man ever to win all four
major titles in tennis.
He has won only one title since --- at Doha in February --- and will be without
a title in the major clay-court events. He lost the Monte Carlo final to Jannik
Sinner at the start of this month and surrendered the No. 1 ranking to his
Italian rival.
Last year, Alcaraz beat Sinner in the finals of the Italian Open and French
Open, where he saved three match points in an epic match. Alcaraz then lost the
Wimbledon final to Sinner before beating him again in the U.S. Open final.
The Italian Open starts on May 5. The French Open does so on May 18.
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