Carlos Alcaraz makes decision on defending French Open title again amid wrist injury

There volition beryllium a caller French Open champion this summer.

Back-to-back reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz announced that helium volition beryllium disconnected the clay this twelvemonth aft a wrist wounded earlier this month.

"After the results of the tests carried retired today, we person decided that the astir prudent happening is to beryllium cautious and not enactment successful Rome and Roland Garros, portion we hold to measure the improvement to determine erstwhile we volition instrumentality to the court. It's a analyzable infinitesimal for me, but I'm definite we'll travel retired stronger from here," Alcaraz posted to societal media.

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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain plays against Fabian Marozsan of Hungary successful the 2nd circular of the singles contention astatine the 2025 French Open astatine Roland Garros successful Paris connected May 28, 2025. (Tim Clayton/Getty Images)

No. 2-ranked Alcaraz was injured astatine the Barcelona Open this period during his first-round triumph and withdrew the pursuing day.

He pulled out of this week's Madrid Open and attended the Laureus World Sports Awards successful the Spanish superior connected Monday with his wrist immobilized.

Alcaraz started the twelvemonth successful sensational form, beating Novak Djokovic successful the Australian Open final. That made him the youngest antheral ever to triumph each 4 Grand Slam titles successful tennis.

He mislaid the Monte Carlo last to Jannik Sinner astatine the commencement of this period and surrendered the No. 1 ranking to his Italian rival.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz reacts aft winning the 3rd acceptable against Italy's Jannik Sinner during their last lucifer of the French Open astatine Roland-Garros stadium successful Paris connected June 8, 2025. (Thibault Camus/AP)

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Last year, Alcaraz bushed Sinner successful the finals of the Italian Open and French Open, wherever helium saved 3 lucifer points successful an epic match. Alcaraz past mislaid the Wimbledon final to Sinner earlier beating him again successful the U.S. Open final.

Last year's last betwixt Alcaraz and Sinner lasted 5 hours and 29 minutes, the longest French Open last ever. Alcaraz came backmost from down 2 sets to love, with 3 of the sets going into tiebreaks.

Either Alcaraz oregon Sinner has won each of the past 9 Grand Slams and has faced the different successful each of the past four.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates aft winning the men's singles last against Germany's Alexander Zverev connected Court Philippe-Chatrier astatine the French Open successful Paris connected June 9, 2024. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)

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Alcaraz defeated Alexander Zverev successful the 2024 tourney earlier taking Sinner down.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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