{"id":1951044,"date":"2026-05-23T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1951044"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:00:39","slug":"french-open-positive-update-over-french-star-after-fears-he-could-join-carlos-alcaraz-on-withdrawal-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1951044","title":{"rendered":"French Open: Positive update over French star after fears he could join Carlos Alcaraz on withdrawal list"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">French Open: Positive update over French star after fears he could join Carlos Alcaraz on withdrawal list<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a 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px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Arthur Fils looks on during a match                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Frenchman Arthur Fils has the hope of a whole nation on his shoulders ahead of the 2026 French Open, but he has given French fans a scare ahead of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Having missed the three most recent Grand Slams due to a serious back injury, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/arthur-fils\">Fils<\/a> slowly nursed his way back in February before hitting form in March as he reached the quarter-final of the Indian Wells Open and semi-final at the Miami Open.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old carried that form over to the clay-court swing as he won the Barcelona Open, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/barcelona-open-arthur-fils-andrey-rublev-ranking-points-prize-money-final\">beating Andrey Rublev in the final<\/a>, before losing in the semi-final of the Madrid Open against world No 1 Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>He surged back into the top 20 of the ATP Rankings on the back of those results with many believing he could challenge the big names at the Grand Slams.<\/p>\n<p>But there were once again concerns over his fitness after he lasted only four games at the Italian Open as he retired while 0-4 against qualifier Andrea Pellegrino.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/arthur-fils-speaks-out-concerning-injury-retirement-italian-open\">Fils later admitted to L\u2019Equipe<\/a> that he felt pain in his hip, adding, \u201cI just shouldn\u2019t have taken any risks before Roland Garros. There\u2019s no other information I can give you.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>French Open News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinners-three-biggest-french-open-contenders-named-career-grand-slam-prize\">Jannik Sinner\u2019s three biggest French Open contenders named amid career Grand Slam prize<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-injury-update-french-open-predicts-options-end-jannik-sinners-run\">Novak Djokovic confident he has \u2018options\u2019 to end Jannik Sinner run and win French Open after injury update<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although scans have given him the all-clear ahead of his home Grand Slam, questions have been raised about his participation as he withdrew from Gael Monfils\u2019 farewell exhibition event and he also didn\u2019t appear before the media on Friday and the main practice schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Some feared he could join defending champion and world No 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/french-open-withdrawal-list-lorenzo-musetti-joins-carlos-alcaraz-as-8-stars-ruled-out\">Carlos Alcaraz on the withdrawal list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Roland Garros Tournament Director Amelie Mauresmo was asked about the world No 17 and said: \u201cIf he feels that need [to protect himself], then he should listen to himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s trying things out, he\u2019s doing things. There are obviously high expectations, but I don\u2019t get the impression that it\u2019s [the pressure is] really bothering him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fils, though, finally made an appearance on the practice courts later in the day, but it was behind closed doors at Stade Jean-Bouin with L\u2019Equipe posting on X: \u201cArthur Fils is training well at Jean-Bouin. No visible discomfort for the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And there was another positive update later on Friday as he is scheduled to practice with Monfils on Court Philippe-Chatrier.<\/p>\n<p>Fils will face former French Open champion Stan Wawrinka in the first round on Monday with the match likely to take place on either Court Philippe-Chatrier or Court Suzanne-Lenglen.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Open: Positive update over French star after fears he could join Carlos Alcaraz on withdrawal list Shahida Jacobs 23 May 2026 10:00 AM Arthur Fils looks on during a match Frenchman Arthur Fils has the hope of a whole nation on his shoulders ahead of the 2026 French Open, but he has given French [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1951044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1951044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1951044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1951044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1951044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}