Terrible. He thought he was finally rid of his physical glitches, but Lucas Pouille rediscovers his old demons. Not recovered from his back injury that appeared in qualifying at Wimbledon, the Northerner announced his withdrawal from the US Open on Tuesday, a few hours before the start of qualifying.
“All the care and rehabilitation that we put in place greatly accelerated the healing, but did not allow me to be ready in time for the US Open”, writes the 29-year-old Frenchman on social networks. “When I resumed training in early August, the signals were positive until the resumption of service where the pain returned, which prompted me to withdraw from New York”, specifies the 365th player in the world who would have had to go through the qualifications of the American Major.
“A decision that was not easy to make, as I love playing this incredible tournament, but after discussion with the medical staff, we took the decision to put another treatment in place. In the next few days, I will resume training again and in particular the service, hoping that the pain has disappeared”, he continues, affirming his objective of resuming competition “at the Challenger in Rennes on September 10”. “Good luck to all the French during this US Open which starts today with the qualifications”, concludes Pouille.
As a reminder, he was forced to retire in the third round of qualifying at Wimbledon after a back injury, when he won the first set. He was thus stopped in his tracks when he reached the second round at Roland-Garros after going through the qualifications, thus signing his return after months of healing physical and psychological injuries.
