Defending US Open champion Dominic Thiem withdrew from Wimbledon and two different tournaments on Thursday on account of a proper wrist harm.
Thiem would have been seeded at quantity 4 on the All England Club, the place important draw motion begins on Monday.
“I’m going to do everything the doctors tell me to get well as soon as possible,” Thiem stated.
“They have informed me that I may be out for several weeks, but I will do my best to be back on the court soon.”
The 27-year-old from Austria retired through the opening set of his first match on the Mallorca Open grass-court tuneup event this week, citing his wrist.
Thiem then went to Barcelona for added checks, which discovered what his administration staff stated on Thursday was a “detachment of the posterior sheath of the ulnar side of the right wrist”.
Thiem might want to put on a wrist splint for 5 weeks earlier than beginning the rehabilitation program. He stated he would sit at Wimbledon and tournaments in Hamburg, Germany and Gstaad, Switzerland.
The US Open begins on August 30 in New York. He received his maiden Grand Slam title final 12 months after getting back from a two-set deficit after defeating Alexander Zverev in a five-set tiebreaker within the last.
Thiem has struggled in 2021, main simply 9-9. He misplaced within the first spherical of the French Open final month.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
