Carlos Alcaraz posted on social that his recovery will take longer than he initially hoped and that he will miss both Queens and Wimbledon.
There were no new details on the injury, which was reported in Spanish press as I posted here earlier, "Local media from his hometown finally gives us a smidgen of detail. Carlos Alcaraz is suffering from inflammation of the tendon sheath (tenosynovitis) in his right wrist. The issue is located in the sheath that protects the tendon in his right wrist. His wrist was immobilized in a brace/splint as of April 20-21, 2026.
These injuries are vague and recoveries widely varied. Rafa had a similar sheath inflation and missed many months at 30 years old, but when he came back he won Olympic doubles gold with buddy Mark Lopez. So, that might offer hope for the younger Carlos.
As for the impact on tennis, I wouldn't want to be the Roland Garros TD with the defending champ out and seemingly nobody around to challenge Jannik Sinner. Add in injuries to several of the potential men's competitors {Lorenzo Musetti either bravely or foolishly decided to brave playing through an injury for his local, Rome event and ended up with a more severe injury for a muscle extending from hip to knee, so he's out of the French, too}.
Tumaini Carayol, long time tennis columnist for the Telegraph, called the current state of the ATP field “the worst it’s been in my lifetime.”
The good news is that the women have the most, viable competitors for the French title in years, between Aryna, Elena, Iga, Coco, Anisimova, and Rome champ, Elina Sabalenka, who beat three of them last week.
This "gift link" to TheAtlantic should work: Carlos Alcaraz to miss Wimbledon in recovery from wrist injury
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7291498/2026/05/19/tennis-carlos-alcaraz-wimbledon-out-injury/?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.-aPn.GuyVX-z1cXxu&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_co pylink&smid=url-share-ta
And here's Tumaini and Ben Rothenberg on Spotif
There were no new details on the injury, which was reported in Spanish press as I posted here earlier, "Local media from his hometown finally gives us a smidgen of detail. Carlos Alcaraz is suffering from inflammation of the tendon sheath (tenosynovitis) in his right wrist. The issue is located in the sheath that protects the tendon in his right wrist. His wrist was immobilized in a brace/splint as of April 20-21, 2026.
These injuries are vague and recoveries widely varied. Rafa had a similar sheath inflation and missed many months at 30 years old, but when he came back he won Olympic doubles gold with buddy Mark Lopez. So, that might offer hope for the younger Carlos.
As for the impact on tennis, I wouldn't want to be the Roland Garros TD with the defending champ out and seemingly nobody around to challenge Jannik Sinner. Add in injuries to several of the potential men's competitors {Lorenzo Musetti either bravely or foolishly decided to brave playing through an injury for his local, Rome event and ended up with a more severe injury for a muscle extending from hip to knee, so he's out of the French, too}.
Tumaini Carayol, long time tennis columnist for the Telegraph, called the current state of the ATP field “the worst it’s been in my lifetime.”
The good news is that the women have the most, viable competitors for the French title in years, between Aryna, Elena, Iga, Coco, Anisimova, and Rome champ, Elina Sabalenka, who beat three of them last week.
This "gift link" to TheAtlantic should work: Carlos Alcaraz to miss Wimbledon in recovery from wrist injury
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7291498/2026/05/19/tennis-carlos-alcaraz-wimbledon-out-injury/?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.-aPn.GuyVX-z1cXxu&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_co pylink&smid=url-share-ta
And here's Tumaini and Ben Rothenberg on Spotif
