{"id":2188,"date":"2026-05-19T15:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:06:34","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-shares-emotional-statement-as-he-withdraws-from-two-more-tournaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=2188","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz shares emotional statement as he withdraws from two more tournaments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist injury will keep him out of yet more tournaments in 2026 as he has provided an update for fans on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz suffered a wrist injury at the Barcelona Open, which has kept him out of the entire clay court swing, including high-profile events in Madrid and Rome.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard will also not play Roland Garros, where he could have won the iconic Grand Slam for a third year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz has now also confirmed that he will not play Queen\u2019s or Wimbledon due to his injury, which essentially rules him out of the grass court swing.<\/p>\n<h2>More Carlos Alcaraz news<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/how-jannik-sinners-italian-open-title-affects-atp-rankings-no-1-battle-with-carlos-alcaraz\" target=\"_blank\">How Jannik Sinner\u2019s Italian Open title affects ATP Rankings No 1 battle with Carlos Alcaraz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-compared-big-3-italian-open\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner compared to \u2018Big 3\u2019 by former Grand Slam finalist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/carlosalcaraz\/status\/2056747873266540789\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a>, the World No. 2 said: \u201cMy recovery is going well and I feel much better, but unfortunately I\u2019m still not ready to be able to play, and that\u2019s why I have to withdraw from the grass-court swing at Queen\u2019s and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are two really special tournaments for me and I\u2019ll miss them a lot. We keep working to return as soon as possible!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> has won both tournaments in recent years. He lifted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/queens\">Queen\u2019s Club<\/a> title in two of the last three years, in 2025 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>His non-appearance will leave an almighty hole for the UK tournament as he was undeniably the biggest attraction on the event\u2019s entry list.<\/p>\n<p>Only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Alex-de-Minaur\">Alex de Minaur<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jack-draper\">Jack Draper<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/lorenzo-musetti\">Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> remain on the entry list to date, so the UK tournament will surely be scrambling for big names.<\/p>\n<p>As for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/wimbledon\">Wimbledon<\/a>, Alcaraz\u2019s omission is a major blow for the Grand Slam. He has won the tournament twice, in 2023 and 2024, and he reached the final of last year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz\u2019s latest string of withdrawals will, of course, provide another boost for Sinner, who is looking to defend his title at Wimbledon this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian could quite easily sweep both titles at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/roland-garros\">Roland Garros<\/a> and Wimbledon this year without Alcaraz and he could be out of sight in the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner is already nearly 3000 ranking points above Alcaraz now, so his absence could make it virtually impossible to reach the top of the rankings for at least the next year.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-withdraws-two-more-events-injury\">Carlos Alcaraz shares emotional statement as he withdraws from two more tournaments<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/\">Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist injury will keep him out of yet more tournaments in 2026 as he has provided an update for fans on social media. Alcaraz suffered a wrist injury at the Barcelona Open, which has kept him out of the entire clay court swing, including high-profile events in Madrid and Rome. The Spaniard will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}