ROMA – “He is not a player with a serious injury, he is a player with a bothersome injury who needs some rest and physiotherapy. The choice skipping the Italian Internationals was evidently done to arrive in Paris in the best possible way and try to compete for this Slam.” In the words of the former tennis player and television commentator, Diego Nargiso, speaking to Rainews24, the goal of seeing the number 2 in the world back on the courtfor Roland Garros.
The withdrawal from the Foro Italico tournament is now official, READ ALSO OFFICIAL: Sinner skips the Rome Internationals. In his place, Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech enters the draw, freeing up a place in the qualifying draw. “The Italian will still be in Rome tomorrow, May 5, and will hold a press conference“, says the Italian Padel Tennis Federation. “A painful decision, that of Sinner, which was made after the latest tests in Monte-Carlo. The latest tests revealed that the hip problem revealed in the third set of the Monte-Carlo semi-final against Stefanos Tsitsipas, which forced him to giving up the quarter-final in Madrid against Felix Auger-Aliassime requires further rest.” It will then be time to return to the field, with the support of Giacomo Naldi and his staff, in view of Roland Garros which will start on May 26th.