It had been anticipated for a few days and the news was made official by the organization of the US Open. Japan’s Kei Nishikori will not play the US Open. The former world number 4 had quite a successful return to competition 20 months after a serious injury. He had notably won the Challenger title and then followed up with a quarter-final in Atlanta. But the body of the Japanese did him a bad trick again, with the return of knee pain. Yet invited, the current 353rd player at the ATP had withdrawn from the ATP 500 in Washington then the Masters 1000 in Toronto and the Challenger from Stanford to give himself time and be sure to play the Grand Slam in the United States. . But this Sunday the finalist of the 2014 edition announced his package.
This new injury worries and upsets the plans of Kei Nishikori who hoped to play the Asian tour at the end of the season. With this last minute package, the Australian James Duckworth took the opportunity to be drafted. He will face the Brazilian Meligeni in the first round.
