Defending champion Dominic Thiem announced on social media on Wednesday the “tough decision” to pull out of this month’s US Open after failing to recover sufficiently from a wrist injury he picked up in Mallorca in June. 

The Austrian, 27, who will also miss the remainder of the 2021 season, said he had been making a good recovery before feeling renewed pain last week. “Unfortunately, I’ve had to withdraw from the US Open and will miss the rest of the 2021 season,” he tweeted.