The US opens last its tuning a few days after its beginning, Sunday. The last Grand Slam of the season comes with great expectations, although also with prominent absences.
If on Monday we met Térence atmanthe great sensation of Cincinnati Masters, this Tuesday has been the turn of another French player, and with much better ranking.
We talked about Arthur Fils, number 20 of the ATP, who continues with his particular Calvary of physical problems and will not be able to play in New York after not having recovered from a back fracture in the back.
“After an injury that kept me away from the tracks, some discomfort that I felt when playing again, first in Toronto and then in Cincinnati, It led me to make the difficult but reasonable decision to give up the US Open“The twentieth world player explained in a message on his Instagram account.
Mensaje de Arthur fils
“Work hard every day with my team to return in full form and be ready for the end of the season“The French player added, who abandoned at the end of May in the second round of Roland Garros after suffering a fatigue fracture in the lumbar area that also made him miss the Wimbledon tournament.
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The 21 -year -old returned to the circuit in Toronto at the end of July, where he fell in Third Round. However, in a sign that his recovery was not optimal, He retired from the following two tournaments, in Cincinnati and Winston Salem.
In January, he had already been forced to leave in the third round of the Australian Open due to an injury.
His place will be occupied by a 'Lucky Loser'one of the players you lose in the last round of the previous phase.
