Djokovic 上げる as Alcaraz 出口s Open field
Novak Djokovic has 会社／堅いd in favouritism to land a 記録，記録的な／記録する-equalling 22nd （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム （テニスなどの）シングルス 栄冠を与える に引き続いて the Australian Open scratching of teenage world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz.
Alcaraz and seven-times （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム women's 支持する／優勝者 Venus Williams are the 最新の superstar drawcards to 発表する that they will 行方不明になる this month's Open.
Alcaraz, who won his maiden （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム 肩書を与える at the US Open in September, 明らかにする／漏らすd he 苦しむd a hamstring 傷害 during pre-season training.
"I had worked a lot to reach my best level in Australia. Unfortunately I won't be able to play either the Care A2+ Kooyong (warm-up event) or the Australian Open," Alcaraz 地位，任命するd on social マスコミ on Saturday.
"It is a hard moment, but I have to be 楽観的な, 回復する and look ahead. See you in 2024 Australian Open."
Alcaraz had only just 回復するd from a torn 復部の muscle that 支配するd him out of the season-ending ATP 決勝戦 and Davis Cup 決勝戦.
"When I was at my best in pre-season, I 選ぶd up an 傷害 through a chance, unnatural movement in training. This time it's the semimembranosus muscle in my 権利 脚," he said.
Alcaraz ロケット／急騰するd to the 最高の，を越す of the 最高位のs last year, becoming the youngest man ever to reach No.1 after （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Casper Ruud in the US Open final in New York.
His 撤退 means 同国人 and 統治するing 支持する／優勝者 Rafael Nadal will be 促進するd to 最高の，を越す seed for his 肩書を与える defence when the season's first （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム gets under way at Melbourne Park on January 16.
But it's Djokovic's 在庫／株s that have really 急に上がるd.
A year after 存在 kicked out of Australia for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the Serbian's fortun es have sky-ロケット／急騰するd.
First Djokovic 首尾よく had his three-year Australian ビザ 禁止（する） overturned in November, 許すing the nine-time 支持する／優勝者 to return to Melbourne to 追跡（する） 負かす／撃墜する a 記録，記録的な／記録する-延長するing 10th Open トロフィー.
Now his 長，指導者 挑戦者 is out of the tournament and Djokovic - who this week 延長するd his five-year unbeaten run in Australia to 32 matches in Adelaide - will crucially be bumped up to fourth seed.
The elevation means the 35-year-old is 保証（人）d to 避ける playing a higher-階級d 競争相手 - Nadal, Ruud or Stefanos Tsitsipas - until at least the 半分-決勝戦.
Alcaraz's absence from the Open follows the 退職s last year of women's titleholder Ash Barty, seven-times 支持する／優勝者 Serena Williams and six-times men's 支持する／優勝者 Roger Federer.
In another blow, Open organisers 発表するd on Saturday night that Williams' oldest sister Venus was also a late scratching after 存在 負傷させるd while practising at the ASB Classic in Auckland.
The 42-year-old was 始める，決める to play her 22nd Australian Open after 存在 awarded a wildcard.
Twice a finalist at Melbourne Park, Williams is now 階級d outside the 最高の，を越す 1,000.
二重の Open 勝利者 and fellow former world No.1 Naomi Osaka is also in extreme 疑問, having not played since September and not featuring at any of the lead-up events in Australia.
The Open draw takes place at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
