Injuries are seemingly taking their toll on tennis stars in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s game as Wimbledon draws nearer.<\/p>\n
The tennis world was rocked by the news that Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>\u2018s wrist injury was more serious than initially feared, prompting the seven-time major winner to withdraw from the French Open and Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n Last week, Victoria Mboko became the highest-ranked player on the WTA Tour to pull out of the grass Grand Slam after injuring her knee at Queen\u2019s Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, former world No 5 Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> has announced that he too won\u2019t be in London due to an ongoing rectus femoris (quadriceps) problem.<\/span><\/p>\n On Wednesday, he wrote on Instagram<\/a>, \u201cI want to update you on my recovery from the injury I sustained in Rome: rehabilitation is going very well and the medical results are encouraging.<\/p>\n Emma Raducanu\u2019s biggest problem at Wimbledon identified<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n What Kim Clijsters has noticed after watching Serena Williams practice ahead of Wimbledon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, as I have not yet been able to begin a full athletic training program, and after careful evaluation, we have come to the difficult conclusion that I will not be able to participate in Wimbledon this year.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is not an easy decision, but it is the right one. My priority is to return to the court at 100%. Thank you for your continued support \u2013 see you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n For the time being, he becomes the fourth player on the ATP Tour<\/a> to pull out of Wimbledon. And according to reports, French Open<\/a> quarter-finalist Matteo Berrettini will take his place in the main draw.<\/p>\n Incidentally, Berrettini was said to be among the candidates for the remaining two singles wildcards at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n But with his promotion to the main draw, all eyes will be on who gets those two coveted spots.<\/p>\n And when it comes to absentees on the women\u2019s side, Hailey Baptiste is among those who have been struck down by injury heading into the third major of the year.<\/p>\n WHAT NEXT? Wimbledon wildcards: Serena Williams & Maja Chwalinska learn their fate as Nick Kyrgios in doubt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Wimbledon withdrawal list: Lorenzo Musetti joins Carlos Alcaraz as big names tumble<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Injuries are seemingly taking their toll on tennis stars in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s game as Wimbledon draws nearer. The tennis world was rocked by the news that Carlos Alcaraz\u2018s wrist injury was more serious than initially feared, prompting the seven-time major winner to withdraw from the French Open and Wimbledon. Last week, Victoria Mboko […]<\/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-2344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344","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=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Wimbledon News<\/strong><\/h2>\n
ATP Wimbledon withdrawal list<\/h2>\n
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WTA Wimbledon withdrawal list<\/h2>\n
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