 By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Sunday, July 28, 2024Photo credit score: Corleve/Mark Peterson
Alex de Minaur will not solo on the Paris Olympics.
Australian No. 1 de Minaur formally withdrew from Olympic singles as a result of hip damage that knocked him out of Wimbledon. De Minaur does plan to play doubles in Paris alongside good buddy Alexei Popyrin.
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The 25-year-old Aussie injured his hip finishing a 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Wimbledon win over Arthur Fils earlier this month.
That damage pressured a devastated de Minaur to drag out of The Championships giving Novak Djokovic a walkover into the semifinals.
Alex de Minaur has withdrawn from males’s singles at #Paris2024, however will participate in males’s doubles alongside his childhood buddy, Alexei Popyrin 👉 https://t.co/DYr9mAONve
Alex has been rehabbing a hip damage he sustained throughout the fourth spherical at Wimbledon.#AllezAUS pic.twitter.com/bQBmG8D6kP
— AUS Olympic Crew (@AUSOlympicTeam) July 28, 2024
Nice Britain’s Cameron Norrie additionally withdrew from the Olympics at the moment.
Speedy restoration, @cam_norrie 🫶
Petros Tsitsipas will change Norrie within the males’s singles draw 🇬🇷#Paris2024 | #Olympics | #tennis pic.twitter.com/EQfmibyg5Z
— ITF (@ITFTennis) July 28, 2024
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner pulled out of the Olympics final week with tonsillitis. World No. 4 Elena Rybakina, who withdrew as a consequence of a bout with acute bronchitis, and Holger Rune are among the many notable names who aren’t taking part in Paris.
