CBC Lite Sections Sports • Tennis 2-time French Open champ Alcaraz won't defend title after further testing on injured wrist ROUNDUPThe Associated Press | Posted: April 24, 2026 4:52 PM | Last Updated: 23 hours ago Canada's Mboko eliminated in Madrid Open, teammate Diallo withdraws with injury Image | Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz Caption: Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz pulled out of this week's Madrid Open and attended the Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid on Monday with his wrist immobilized. Alcaraz was named world sportsman of the year. (Julian Finney/Getty Images) (BUTTON) Load image Open image in new tab Carlos Alcaraz won't play for a third successive French Open title due to a right wrist injury. Alcaraz posted on X on Friday he also wouldn’t play in the preceding Italian Open in Rome, which he also won last year. No. 2-ranked Alcaraz was injured at the Barcelona Open this month during his first-round win. He withdrew the day after. He pulled out of this week's Madrid Open and attended the Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid on Monday with his wrist immobilized. Alcaraz was named world sportsman of the year. Alcaraz confirmed he was a no-go for Paris after undergoing more medical tests on Friday. "After the results of the tests carried out today, we have decided that the most prudent thing is to be cautious and not participate in Rome and Roland Garros," he wrote on X. "It's a complicated moment for me, but I'm sure we'll come out stronger from here." Alcaraz started the year in sensational form, beating Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final. That made him the youngest man ever to win all four major titles in tennis. He has won only one title since, at Doha in February, and will be without a title in the major clay-court events. He lost the Monte Carlo final to Jannik Sinner at the start of this month and surrendered the No. 1 ranking to his Italian rival. * Sinner beats Alcaraz to win Monte-Carlo Masters * Alcaraz, 22, youngest man to complete career Grand Slam Sinner hoped Alcaraz returns soon. "Tennis needs Carlos," Sinner said after his first-round win at the Madrid Open. "Tennis is a much better sport when he's around. "I hope he's going to come back and he will not have any further injuries. But I also believe that it's good that he and his team take the time. If you come back too early then maybe you have a bigger problem afterwards. "We all want that he's competitive when he comes back. The next goal I guess for him, and I hope so, it's Wimbledon [in June]. So I hope he's going to be back there. I sent him a wish for a speedy recovery, though it's painful and very sad for all tennis." Last year, Alcaraz beat Sinner in the finals of the Italian Open and French Open, where he saved three match points in an epic match. Alcaraz then lost the Wimbledon final to Sinner before beating him again in the U.S. Open final. The Italian Open starts May 5, with the French Open following on May 18. Mboko struggles on serve Victoria Mboko of Burlington, Ont., and Montreal's Gabriel Diallo are out of the Madrid Open after second-round losses at the 1000-level clay court tournament. Mboko was decisively upset 6-4, 6-1 by American Caty McNally, while Diallo withdrew from his match against Danish qualifier Elmer Moller with an injury while trailing 7-5, 3-3. Mboko, seeded 10th in the women's draw, managed to earn just one break point against McNally. She struggled on serve, facing 12 break points, defending eight, and had six double-faults. * Mboko ousted in Miami Open quarterfinals The 19-year-old Mboko was making her Madrid debut after recovering from dental surgery that caused her to miss Canada's 3-1 loss to Kazakhstan in the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers. She had advanced to at least the quarterfinals at her last three WTA 1000 events, including an appearance in the final of the Qatar Open in February, though those events were on her preferred hardcourt surface. Diallo was trailing Danish qualifier Elmer Moller 7-5, 3-3 when he pulled out of the competition with an injury. * Diallo eliminated in Munich by Zverev in Round of 16 The move came shortly after Diallo had called a medical timeout. Diallo, who was seeded 32nd at the event, scored a break on Moller once play resumed and was up double break point with a chance to go up 4-2 in the second set, but he retired after Moller came back to hold. 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