Australian hopeful Alex de Minaur has pulled out of Wimbledon with a hip injury, just hours before he was due to play Novak Djokovic in his first quarter-final at the All England Club.
The No.9 seed suffered his injury on the winning point of his last-16 match against Arthur Fils on Monday, a result that set him up for his maiden last-eight appearance against the great seven-times champion.
His withdrawal on Wednesday morning has left Djokovic to face Taylor Fritz or Lorenzo Musetti on Friday for a berth in the final. "Obviously not an announcement I wanted to make by any means," De Minaur said at a press conference at the All England Club."I felt a loud crack during the last three points of my match against Fils and got a scan yesterday. It confirmed this was the injury and with high risk of making it worst if I was to step on court."I knew the results yesterday but hoped I would wake up today and feel some sort of miracle.
"The problem with me going out and playing is one stretch, one slide, one anything can make this injury go from three to six weeks to four months.
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