No way. Jannik Sinner withdraws from the Masters 1000 in Madrid. The blue, seeded number 1, he will not take the field tomorrow in the quarter-finals against the Canadian Felix Augier-Aliassime, who then goes directly to the semifinals, where he will face the winner of Medvedev-Lehecka.
Then around 7pm the official confirmation from the tournament organizers. «Jannik Sinner will withdraw from the Mutua Madrid Open due to a right hip injury. As a result, he will not take the field tomorrow to play the quarter-final match against Felix Auger-Aliassime.”
Sinner’s post: “Very sad, I will do more tests”
It is then Jannik himself who explains better on social media the reasons for the withdrawal. No longer just a nuisance, his hip problem was getting worse and becoming a pain: «It’s very sad to have to withdraw from my next match here in Madrid. My hip has been bothering me this week and is slowly becoming more painful. Following the doctors’ advice we decided that it is better not to play any further and make things worse.
In the next few days I will do more tests and follow the specialists’ suggestions on recovery.”
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