Marin Cilic has pulled out from the 2023 Australian Open, the 34-year-old Croatian introduced on social media on Wednesday.
“Not a great start to 2023 and few tough days in Melbourne. Devastated I can’t play this year at AustralianOpen but health comes first. See you next year Melbourne,” tweeted Cilic, who was the runner-up in 2018.
Last week, top-seeded Cilic had withdrawn from his quarterfinal conflict towards eventual champion Tallon Griekspoor at Tata Open Maharashtra resulting from a knee damage sustained in warm-up, hours earlier than the match.
Former World No. 3 and 2014 US Open champion Cilic shouldn’t be the primary high-profile identify who will miss the primary Major of the 12 months. World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz had earlier introduced that he won’t be able to make it to this 12 months’s Australian Open as he had damage himself “through a chance, unnatural movement in training.”
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Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has additionally withdrawn from the event. However, the explanation for her absence was not talked about by the event organisers.
Venus Williams, former World No. 1 however at the moment ranked exterior the highest 1000, was given a wildcard to play in her twenty second Australian Open however suffered an damage through the warm-up event, the ASB Classic in New Zealand.