US Open: Defending champion Dominic Thiem pulls out with wrist harm, set to overlook remainder of 2021 season

Austria’s Dominic Thiem won’t defend his US Open title after having to tug out of the hardcourt main with a wrist harm, the world quantity six stated on Wednesday. Thiem suffered the harm in June on the Mallorca Open and was additionally compelled to skip Wimbledon. Defending champion Dominic Thiem is about to overlook US Open with wrist harm (Courtesy: Reuters)HIGHLIGHTSDefending champion Dominic Thiem to overlook US Open with wrist harmThiem suffered the harm on the Mallorca Open and was missed WimbledonThiem received his first main title final 12 months at Flushing MeadowsDefending champion Dominic Thiem has pulled out of the US Open, and he’ll miss the remainder of the 12 months due to a proper wrist harm.

Thiem suffered the harm in June on the Mallorca Open and was additionally compelled to skip the grasscourt main at Wimbledon. The ache returned final week after he hit a ball throughout coaching.The World No 6-ranked Thiem made the announcement in a social media submit, and an announcement from his administration firm described the harm as a detachment of the posterior sheath of the ulnar aspect of the correct wrist.”The past six months, I’ve been following the medical advice, wearing the wrist splint, doing exercise to stay in shape… but then last week I hit a ball during training and started to feel some pain again,” stated the 27-year-old.pic.twitter.com/B4zdNL8NBm— Dominic Thiem (@ThiemDomi) August 18, 2021″After some tests, they (the doctors) said my wrist needs more time, so we’ve all agreed on being conservative and to give my wrist some time to recover… It has been a tough decision but I know this is what I have to do.”This is the second straight 12 months that the defending champion at Flushing Meadows has withdrawn from the occasion after Rafa Nadal skipped the 2020 version as a consequence of considerations over the coronavirus.Thiem received his first main title final 12 months at Flushing Meadows, beating Alexander Zverev by changing into the primary participant to return from two units down within the US Open last since Pancho Gonzales in 1949.The US Open runs from August 30 to September 12.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.