NEW YORK — Three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov withdrew from the US Open on Tuesday, slightly greater than a month after he tore a chest muscle and needed to stop enjoying in opposition to Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon.
That exit from the All England Membership on July 7 — Dimitrov had taken the opening two units in opposition to Sinner however acquired harm within the third — marked the fifth consecutive Grand Slam event the place the 34-year-old Dimitrov failed to finish a match. It additionally occurred on the Australian Open in January and the French Open in Could, plus final yr’s Wimbledon and US Open.
A yr in the past in New York, Dimitrov stopped whereas trailing 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 4-1 in opposition to Frances Tiafoe within the quarterfinals.
Dimitrov was a semifinalist on the US Open in 2019, on the Australian Open in 2017, and at Wimbledon in 2014.
His highest rating was No. 3; he’s at the moment No. 21.
With Dimitrov out of the sector, Alejandro Tabilo will get a spot within the males’s singles bracket, which begins play on Aug. 24.
Brandon Holt is the subsequent participant who would transfer into the draw if one other man withdraws. Holt upset Taylor Fritz at Flushing Meadows in 2022 and his mom is two-time US Open champion Tracy Austin.
