Dominic Thiem to miss rest of 2021 season due to a wrist injury

Austria’s Dominic Thiem won’t defend his US Open title subsequent to pulling out of the hardcourt major with a wrist injury, the world number six said on Wednesday.

Dominic Thiem, who experienced the injury in June at the Mallorca Open and was likewise compelled to skip the grass court major at Wimbledon, said on Twitter that he will miss the remainder of the 2021 season.

“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,” said the 27-year-old.

“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This is the second consecutive year that the reigning champ at Flushing Meadows has withdrawn from the event after Rafael Nadal skirted the 2020 version because of worries over the COVID-19.

The US Open starts from August 30 to September 12.