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class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Arthur Fils Marketa Vondrousova and Carlos Alcaraz                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>French tennis has suffered a major blow ahead of Roland Garros with big hope Arthur Fils ruled out of the tournament due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Having missed the bulk of the second half of the 2025 season due to a back injury, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/arthur-fils\">Fils<\/a> returned to form at the hard-court Sunshine Double as he reached the quarter-final at Indian Wells and semi-final at Miami.<\/p>\n<p>He carried his great form over to the clay swing as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/barcelona-open-arthur-fils-andrey-rublev-ranking-points-prize-money-final\">he won the Barcelona Open<\/a> and reached the last four of the Madrid Open where he lost against eventual champion Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>After slumping out of the top 30 in the ATP Rankings due to his lack of action, the Frenchman returned to the top 20, but he then struggled with a hip injury during his opening match at the Italian Open against Andrea Pellegrino and retired while 0-4 down.<\/p>\n<p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/arthur-fils-speaks-out-concerning-injury-retirement-italian-open\">he was confident the injury was not too serious<\/a>, he missed practice at Roland Garros on Thursday and Friday, but organisers were hopeful he would be in action on Saturday.<\/p>\n<h2>French Open News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alexander-zverev-gives-injury-update-pain-french-open-practice\">Alexander Zverev gives injury update after being seen in pain during French Open practice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\/atp-french-open-points-being-dropped-carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-alexander-zverev-djokovic\">ATP French Open: Points being dropped by Alcaraz, Sinner, Zverev, Djokovic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He took to court in the afternoon for a session against compatriot Gael Monfils, but not long after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\">French Open<\/a> organisers confirmed that he had withdrawn from the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t be able to play here this year,\u201d the heartbroken 21-year-old said. \u201cI felt it coming, I did everything to be ready, but I wouldn\u2019t have been able to be at 100% if I had played here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not even sure I\u2019m at 50%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fils was seeded 17th for his home Grand Slam and was due to face Stan Wawrinka in the first round, but became the seventh ATP star to withdraw from Roland Garros with the overall total now standing at 11.<\/p>\n<p>He has been replaced in the main draw by lucky loser Jesper de Jong from the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman is the third seed to withdraw with two-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/what-is-carlos-alcaraz-injury-wrist-roland-garros\">defending champion and world No 2 Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> the biggest name missing from this tournament as he is out with a wrist injury.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo Musetti reached the semi-final last year, but he also won\u2019t return to Paris as he is struggling with a thigh injury.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP French Open withdrawal list<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong> (world No 2) \u2013 replaced by Daniel Merida<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lorenzo Musetti<\/strong> (world No 9) \u2013 replaced by Stan Wawrinka<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arthur Fils<\/strong> (world No 19) \u2013 replaced by Jesper de Jong<\/li>\n<li><strong>Holger Rune<\/strong> (world No 43) \u2013 replaced by Benjamin Bonzi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sebastian Korda<\/strong> (world No 46) \u2013 replaced by Coleman Wong<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jack Draper<\/strong> (world No 74) \u2013 replaced by Matteo Arnaldi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arthur Cazaux<\/strong> (world No 76) \u2013 replaced by Rinky Hijikata<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WTA French Open withdrawal list<\/h2>\n<p>The women\u2019s seeded list remains intact as none of the top-32 players has pulled out of this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Former Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousva the the highest-profile star to miss the tournament as she has been provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for missing a drug test.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Marketa Vondrousova<\/strong> (world No 44) \u2013 replaced by Veronika Erjavec<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sonay Kartal<\/strong> (world No 60) \u2013 replaced by Tamara Korpatsch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Varvara Gracheva<\/strong> (world No 67) \u2013 replaced Daria Snigur<\/li>\n<li><strong>Veronika Kudermetova<\/strong> (world No 87) \u2013 replaced by Francesca Jones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Open withdrawal list: French star joins Carlos Alcaraz on the sidelines Shahida Jacobs 23 May 2026 6:45 PM Arthur Fils Marketa Vondrousova and Carlos Alcaraz French tennis has suffered a major blow ahead of Roland Garros with big hope Arthur Fils ruled out of the tournament due to injury. 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