Carlos Alcaraz Loses $2.4M Prize Money

Carlos Alcaraz, the world's top tennis player, had an amazing year with eight trophies, including wins at the French Open and US Open.

He earned the most points in the ATP Bonus Pool, which usually means a big prize of $4.8 million.

However, he missed two important tournaments, the Canada Open and the Shanghai Open.

Because of this, the ATP (the organization that runs men's tennis) has a rule that takes away some of his prize money.

For each tournament he missed, they take away a quarter of his prize money.

Since he missed two, he loses half of his prize money, so he only gets $2.4 million instead of $4.8 million.

Another player, Jannik Sinner, missed four tournaments and won't get any prize money at all, even though he earned a lot of points.