Overview
- Carlos Alcaraz announced on Tuesday that he will skip the grass season, formally withdrawing from the Queen’s warm-up event and Wimbledon because his right wrist is not ready to compete.
- The withdrawal continues a run of absences that began after a right-wrist problem at the Barcelona tournament and already cost him entries in Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros.
- Tournament and ranking models project Alcaraz will forfeit roughly 1,800 points from the Queen’s and Wimbledon events on top of the 2,000 points lost from Paris, giving Jannik Sinner a substantial cushion at No.1.
- Official medical details remain limited, experts in the coverage debate whether the issue is a traumatic lesion or degenerative wear, and a recent sponsor video showing a wrist brace has intensified questions about his readiness.
- Alcaraz’s team has offered brief social-media updates only and bookmakers and commentators place the earliest plausible return in the North American hard‑court swing in August, though any timetable remains uncertain.