[chowdahead25]

De Minaur ruled out of Australian Open

Australian men's No. 1 Alex de Minaur will miss the Australian Open after being forced to withdraw due to an ongoing abdominal strain.

www.espn.com

Australian men's No. 1 Alex de Minaur will miss the Australian Open after being unable to recover from a nasty abdominal strain.
The 20-year-old, who reached the third round at Melbourne Park in 2019, battled through the ATP Cup before withdrawing from this week's Adelaide International.
De Minaur had undergone daily treatment in order to be fit for the Australian Open, however on Thursday afternoon he confirmed he would miss his first Grand Slam main draw since Wimbledon, 2017.


Sad for the Aussies.

 

[azza]

Very Sad

 

[MWW]

He was playing well, the marathons obviously took a toll on him.

 

[leng jai]

So he killed his AO campaign to get to 6-4 5-7 against Big Xisca's trophy husband in ATP Cup.

Hewitt choosing him for doubles over Peers just got even more scintillating.

 

[Cloren]

It’s all Hewitt fault, he overplayed him in Atp Cup

 

[Alex F. Delarge]

Hewitt choosing him for doubles over Peers just got even more scintillating.

The ATP Cup this year was probably too special for him not to play at 120% in a total self-sacrificing mode no matter what Hewitt or anyone else did or said to him, but yes, that decision by Hewitt to pick him over Peers was a pretty stupid one regardless.

And the strain sounds pretty serious. Might take a while.

 

[Joe H]

he was a lot of fun to watch at the last 2 us opens.

hope he heals quickly and fully.

 

[Shinoj]

Sad...First time I actually enjoyed watching him..Fast and aggressive..

 

[bighax]

That sucks. Was looking forward to his campaign since he played great against Nadal.

 

[Monsi]

Must be a massive bummer for him. Although it's impossible to say whether it was Hewitt who pushed him over the edge or was it Alex himself, who was eager to play for his country in his home town. Maybe overexertion was a well calculated risk and they assumed (perhaps rightfully) he'd achieve bigger success in team competitions than at AO. Otherwise, this is a prime example of how to not pick one's battles.

 

[Kei Nishikori]

Because of this incident, he will probably be 'smarter' and not overplay the ATP cup next year/next time

Players watching this will be aware this ATP Cup....the risk and sacrifice will potentially ruin the AO campaign

And like Nadal praised him a few days ago smirking on his face: "He plays with a lot of passion – sometimes too much..." - True.

Poor him

 

[Budadiii]

What a shame.

Just as he was at career-best form, so far. A QF was not out the question.

And people tried to downplay Nadal's 23-milimeter tear at the '09 USO, hah!

 

[Djoker]

Wishing him speedy recovery, and everything has been said in the thread why this happened.
Better luck next year!

 

[riff]

Nadal can do this to you. Why try to please the Nadal haters and risk your health?

 

[Manu_ser]

He must feel devastated, most important tournament of the year and he was truly peaking. A pity.

 

[MWW]

Because of this incident, he will probably be 'smarter' and not overplay the ATP cup next year/next time

Players watching this will be aware this ATP Cup....the risk and sacrifice will potentially ruin the AO campaign

And like Nadal praised him a few days ago smirking on his face: "He plays with a lot of passion – sometimes too much..." - True.

Poor him

oh course the tough aspect is he was drawn with very tough teams and had to field as the no.1 Aussie (rather than Nick). Zverev, Shapovalov and Evans are a tough trio of opponents to face. I'm not surprised because this also happened to Kei when he played Monte Carlo in 2018. Beat Berdych, Medvedev, Seppi, Cilic, Zverev to reach the final, with four three set matches. After the tournament he had to retire midmatch in Barcelona.

Nadal can do this to you. Why try to please the Nadal haters and risk your health?

it may have been a factor (or the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back) but I'd say it was a culmination of tough matches rather than a single match in isolation. All the ones he played at ATP cup were 3 sets, and the Evans one lasted 3.5 hours, then Hewitt got him to play doubles with Kyrgios shortly after that gruelling match.

 

[Bella&Mirka]

Nadal can do this to you. Why try to please the Nadal haters and risk your health?

This post confirms the IQ of the average Nodaltard.

 

[n00b]

Shame, he evolved decently since the last year, sporting and subsequently dumping the "Hitler"-look in the process...
Too bad for Aussies, their biggest hope is now a talented but unreliable clown, who pushes you into moral dilemmas whether you should root for him at all...

 

[Lidnum]

How serious is this? How long will he be out for?

 

[Bakano]

Awh...
ATP Cup gilty. Tennis Australia won't be pleased.