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Two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) said helium is pulling retired of the grass-court Grand Slam lawsuit adjacent period due to the fact that of his lingering wrist injury.
Alcaraz injured his close wrist astatine the Barcelona Open past period and had already withdrawn from the French Open that starts this weekend. He won the clay-court tourney the past 2 years.
"My betterment is going good and I'm feeling overmuch better," Alcaraz posted connected his societal media accounts, "but unfortunately, I'm inactive not acceptable to compete."
Alcaraz started the twelvemonth by winning the Australian Open to go the youngest antheral ever to triumph each 4 large titles successful tennis.
Alcaraz won back-to-back Wimbledon titles successful 2023 and '24, beating Novak Djokovic successful some finals. He mislaid successful the last past twelvemonth to Jannik Sinner successful different section of what shapes to beryllium a generational rivalry.
"They are 2 genuinely peculiar tournaments for maine and I volition miss them a lot," Alcaraz said of missing Wimbledon and the warmup lawsuit astatine Queen's Club successful London.
"We'll support moving to travel backmost arsenic soon arsenic possible!"
