New York: World No. 9 Kei Nishikori of Japan will miss the remainder of the 2017 ATP season after suffering a torn tendon in his right wrist, his management team announced on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Asian No. 1 will miss the upcoming US Open, on the New York hardcourts where he has produced his best Grand Slam results — a 2014 runner-up finish and a semi-final run last year.
Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky has also withdrawn from the US Open due to a lingering hand injury, the world No. 24 has said.
Bacsinszky, who will also miss this month’s Connecticut Open in New Haven, was carrying a thigh injury during Wimbledon last month but said yesterday that she had also been troubled by her hand since last year.
“Unfortunately, I was forced to pull out of New Haven and the US Open,” Bacsinszky, who reached the French Open semi-finals earlier this year, said on her Instagram account.
“My thigh is now much better, but I still need to undertake a few exams for my hand. I cannot express how sad I am to announce such bad news, but my priority... is to let my body heal completely and take all the time needed in order to do so.”
The US Open runs from August 28 to September 10 at Flushing Meadows, New York.
