World primary Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Olympics as a result of tonsillitis, the Italian stated on Wednesday.
Sinner received his first Grand Slam on the Australian Open earlier this 12 months and reached the semifinals of the French Open.
“I’m saddened to tell you that sadly, I will be unable to take part within the Paris Olympic Video games,” Sinner wrote in a put up on X.
“After an excellent week of clay coaching, I began to really feel unwell. I spent a few days resting and through a go to, the physician discovered tonsillitis and strongly suggested me towards taking part in.
“Lacking the Video games is a large disappointment because it was one in all my primary objectives for this season. I couldn’t wait to have the honour of representing my nation on this crucial occasion. Good luck to all of the Italian athletes who I’ll assist from residence.”
Sinner was additionally as a result of play within the males’s doubles alongside Lorenzo Musetti.
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Sinner’s withdrawal means world quantity two and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic would be the prime seed within the males’s singles draw.
The Olympics draw shall be made on Thursday.
Sinner is the most recent of various tennis gamers to withdraw from the competitors, with Olympic silver medallist Marketa Vondrousova and Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz pulling out of the match on Monday.
Different notable absences from tennis on the Video games embrace world quantity three Aryna Sabalenka, Ons Jabeur, Emma Raducanu, and Ben Shelton.
The tennis match on the Olympics will happen from July 27-August 4 at Roland Garros.