Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are probably the most interesting prospects on the ATP tour and both are going to skip a prestigious grass-court event right before Wimbledon.
Carlito Alcaraz was meant to play at the Queen’s Club, but he was stopped by a minor elbow injury.
Jannik Sinner had to withdraw during his fourth round match at the French Open when he was facing Andrey Rublev. The upcoming Italian player had to surrender to a knee injury. It is still not very clear what is the magnitude of this injury. Therefore, there are some doubts about the participation of Jannik Sinner in Wimbledon.
Jannik Sinner in 2022
Ranked no.12, the Italian played his last match on the 30th of May when he had to retire when playing against world no.8 Andrey Rublev in the 4th round and the scoreline was 1-6 6-4 2-0 .
At present, during this year the Italian owns a composed 27-7 win-loss record.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2022
Now ranked no.7, Alcaraz played his last match on the 31st
of May when he surrendered to world no.3 Alexander Zverev 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-6(7) in the quarter in French Open (draw).During this season Carlos has a composed 32-4 match record. Alcaraz clinched 4 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, in Miami, in Barcelona and in Madrid.
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz faced off only twice. Their actual head to head record is 2-0 for Alcaraz. The last time they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 7-6(1) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) in November 2021.
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