Nejvýše nasazený italský tenista Jannik Sinner odstoupil od US Open v sobotu a nebyl schopen se zotavit z poranění pravého kolena, které ho vyřadilo od doby, kdy získal titul na Wimbledon.
Sinner porazil Alexandra Zvereva minulý měsíc pro svůj druhý za sebou titul na All England Club, ale poté odstoupil z tvrdých turnajů v Montréalu a Cincinnati, které slouží jako rozcvička pro US Open.
Jannik Sinner líbá trofej vítěze na Wimbledonu.
The 25-year-old Italian wrote Friday that he won’t be ready when the main draw.
“Even though I have been working hard with my team and my medical staff, we have now had to make the difficult decision that I will not be able to compete at the US Open this year,” Sinner wrote on social media.
“We have been back on court in Monte Carlo over the last couple of days and have realised that I still need more time to recover from my right knee issue. I’m obviously very sad and disappointed, as New York has a special place in my heart. I was very much looking forward to coming back and playing in the electric atmosphere in front of the great fans there.”
Sinner was the 2024 US Open champion and lost to Carlos Alcaraz in last year’s final.
Alcaraz posted on social media on Thursday that he would be ready to play in New York after he has been out of action since April because of a right wrist injury.
The rivalry between those two has dominated men’s tennis in recent years, and they met in the last three Grand Slam finals in 2025. Alcaraz took the most recent one with his four-set victory in New York.
That ended Sinner’s title reign after he beat Taylor Fritz in straight sets in the 2024 final.
Sinner is 44-3 with six titles this year. He had a stunning collapse at the French Open, blowing a two-set lead while struggling in the heat in his second-round match against Juan Manuel Cerundolo.
He then sat out until Wimbledon, where his victory gave him five Grand Slam titles.
It will be the first time Sinner has missed a Grand Slam tournament since making his major debut at the U.S. Open in 2019.
