{"id":2402,"date":"2026-06-28T16:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2026-06-28T16:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:15:04","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-gets-emotional-as-he-posts-injury-update-on-eve-of-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=2402","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz gets emotional as he posts injury update on eve of Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz appears to be stepping up his recovery from a wrist injury on the eve of the 2026 Wimbledon championships.<\/p>\n<p>The tennis world was rocked by the news that Alcaraz\u2019s injury was more serious than initially feared.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the issue he sustained during the Barcelona Open in May, the seven-time major winner was ruled out of much of the clay swing, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\">French Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old also revealed he would not be back in time for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wimbledon\">Wimbledon<\/a>, leaving a huge chasm in the men\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>Just over a month ago, he wrote on Instagram, \u201cMy recovery is going well, and I\u2019m feeling much better, but unfortunately, I\u2019m still not ready to compete, which is why I have to withdraw from the grass-court swing at Queen\u2019s and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>More Tennis News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/emma-raducanu-injury-wimbledon-fitness-test\">Emma Raducanu\u2019s Wimbledon hopes appear to have been given a big boost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wimbledon\/alex-eala-can-expose-serena-williams-warns-former-world-no-1-roddick\">Alex Eala \u2018can expose Serena Williams\u2019, warns former world No 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are two truly special tournaments for me and I will miss them a lot. We\u2019ll keep working to come back as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, the Spaniard has taken to social media to update fans on his recovery process, with the two-time Wimbledon winner slowly upping the intensity of his training.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on, Alcaraz was seen hitting with his left hand, in an effort to ease in his backhand, but forehand practice shots were conspicuous in their absence.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Sunday, the day before Wimbledon starts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> was seen gently hitting forehand shots. The former world No 1 captioned the post with the holding back tears emoji.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaISR5FoGUY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaISR5FoGUY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaISR5FoGUY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (@carlitosalcarazz)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Denis Shapovalov was among those to comment on the post, with the Canadian saying, \u201cLet\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Instagram post was also liked by the likes of Boris Becker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\">Alexander Zverev<\/a>, Matteo Berrettini, Grigor Dimitrov, Stan Wawrinka, and more.<\/p>\n<p>It still remains to be seen when Alcaraz will return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\">ATP Tour<\/a>. Many fans will hope he is back for the North American hard court swing, but whether that is in Canada, Cincinnati, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> is up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is clear that Alcaraz does not want to rush back from injury. For instance, in April, he stressed the importance of trying to look after his body.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI have a very long career ahead of me, with many years still to come. Forcing things at this Roland Garros could really harm me for future tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/thanasi-kokkinakis-wimbledon-comeback-injury\">Thanasi Kokkinakis opens up on his incredible tennis comeback<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-emotional-injury-update-wimbledon\">Carlos Alcaraz gets emotional as he posts injury update on eve of Wimbledon<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/\">Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz appears to be stepping up his recovery from a wrist injury on the eve of the 2026 Wimbledon championships. The tennis world was rocked by the news that Alcaraz\u2019s injury was more serious than initially feared. As a result of the issue he sustained during the Barcelona Open in May, the seven-time major [&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-2402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402","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=2402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}