Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner introduced on Saturday he is not going to play on the upcoming Italian Open resulting from a hip damage which compelled him out in Madrid earlier this week.
Italian Sinner was a doubt for the Rome occasion which begins on Wednesday and is the final large event earlier than the Grand Slam French Open.
“After talking once more with the docs and specialists about my hip issues I’ve to announce that sadly I won’t be able to play in Rome,” the world quantity two stated on X, previously Twitter.
“I’m very unhappy that I wasn’t in a position to get well as it’s considered one of my favorite tournaments.”
The 22-year-old would have been one of many favourites for the Masters 1000 event within the Italian capital after successful the Australian Open, his first Slam title, at first of the yr and following that up and his second Masters 1000 crown in Miami in March.
Sinner, who holds a 28-2 document on the season, was resulting from face Felix Auger-Aliassime within the Madrid quarterfinals on Thursday however revealed he had been battling by means of a hip difficulty within the Spanish capital.
Sinner joins world quantity three Carlos Alcaraz in withdrawing from the clay-court occasion in Rome after the Spaniard succumbed to a proper forearm damage that sidelined him in Monte Carlo and Barcelona.
The pair will now attempt to get well in time for an assault on the French Open, the season’s second main, which begins in Paris on Could 26.