Alcaraz Withdraws From Rome and Roland Garros With Worsening Wrist Injury

Overview

• Carlos Alcaraz said Friday that new tests on his right wrist led him to pull out of the Rome Masters and Roland Garros.
• He will forfeit 3,000 ATP ranking points because champions lose points they cannot defend at the same events the next year.
• Jannik Sinner already leads the rankings and entered Madrid at 13,350 points to Alcaraz's 12,960, with the gap set to grow if he keeps winning.
• Following a three-set win over Benjamin Bonzi in his Madrid opener, Sinner has already nudged his advantage higher.
• Alcaraz injured the wrist in Barcelona and had already skipped Madrid, leaving the clay season without last year’s Rome and Paris champion and putting his return timeline in the hands of ongoing evaluations.