Australian Open 2022: Japan’s Kei Nishikori said Thursday that a hip injury will force him
out of the Australian Open later this month.
The 32-year-old said he has been suffering with the problem since the end of 2021.
“It is not 100% recovered and I will have to pull out of the Aussie swing,” Nishikori, a four-time quarter-finalist in Melbourne, said in an online statement.
Australian Open 2022: Former World No.4 Kei Nishikori joins growing list of absenstees, ruled out of Australian Open due to hip injury
Nishikori, a former world number four who is now ranked at 47, also missed the 2020 Australian Open with an elbow injury.
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