London ¨C Nick Kyrgios, last year¡¯s Wimbledon runner-up, has pulled out of the tournament with a wrist injury, the Australian said on Sunday before the start of the Grand Slam on Monday.
¡°I¡¯m really sad to say that I have to withdraw from Wimbledon this year,¡± the 28-year-old wrote on Instagram.
¡°I tried my hardest to be ready after my surgery and to be able to step on the Wimbledon courts again.
¡°During my comeback, I experienced some pain in my wrist during the week of Mallorca. As a precaution I had it scanned and it came back showing a torn ligament in my wrist.
¡°I tried everything to be able to play and I am disappointed to say that I just didn¡¯t have enough time to manage it before Wimbledon.¡±
Kyrgios had a surgery on his left knee earlier this year and lost in his comeback match after a five-month layoff against China¡¯s Wu Yibing in the Stuttgart Open first round last month.
He missed the French Open due to a foot injury he sustained during the theft of his car.
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