Alcaraz Absence Makes Sinner the Man to Chase
Carlos Alcaraz’s injury absence changes the French Open draw and puts Jannik Sinner at the center of Paris.

Carlos Alcaraz’s injury absence has ripped a major force out of the French Open men’s draw and shifted the tournament’s center of gravity toward Jannik Sinner. Paris loses the rivalry that most clearly bends the biggest stages, but it gains a colder question: who can make Sinner uncomfortable now? Alcaraz was the player most capable of turning a draw into chaos by sheer presence.












