Jannik Sinner is the latest player to withdraw from the Italian opener as he struggles with a hip injury. (Manuel Queimadelos/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)
Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner announced Saturday he will not play at the upcoming Italian Open due to a hip injury which forced him out in Madrid earlier this week.
Italian Sinner was a doubt for the Rome event which starts on Wednesday and is the last big tournament before the Grand Slam French Open.
“After speaking again with the doctors and specialists about my hip problems I have to announce that unfortunately I will not be able to play in Rome,” the world number two said on X, formerly Twitter.
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