Australia’s Alex de Minaur has withdrawn from the boys’s singles on the Paris Olympics as he continues to get well from a hip damage that minimize brief his Wimbledon marketing campaign, the world quantity six stated on Sunday.
De Minaur pulled out of his Wimbledon quarterfinal towards Novak Djokovic earlier this month after sustaining a cartilage tear in his hip within the fourth spherical.
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“Tried my finest to be prepared for the singles however physique wants a bit extra time,” he stated on Instagram.
The 25-year-old was set to play Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff on Sunday.
The Australian will nonetheless participate within the doubles alongside Alexei Popyrin. They may meet fourth-seeded US pair Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.