US OPEN – Tale of Survival of the Fittest before Day 1 Begins

Written by: Staff on 24th August 2011

US OPEN – Tale of Survival of the Fittest before Day 1 Begins

Lleyton Hewitt of Australia returns to Robin Soderling of Sweden during their second round match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 23 July 2011. EPA/NEIL MUNNS |

It’s not unusual to have withdrawals from a Slam but what is interesting is how many and who. By the time the US Open rolls around a lot of players’ bodies are worn out. Tennis is a sport with no real off-season (unless you can call 3 weeks an off season). There has been talk for years about shortening the season by a month or two but that doesn’t look to happen anytime soon.

Below is a list of the present withdrawals and reason/injury.

Men:

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) – currently ranked #188…Hewitt had received a WC into the Open but had to make the difficult choice to withdraw after the problem with his foot surfaced again after his loss to Blaz Kavcic in the first round of the Winston-Salem Open.

Milos Raonic (CAN) – the young Canadian decided to withdraw to give himself more time to rehab after hip surgery in July

Tommy Robredo (ESP) – left thigh injury

Sam Querrey (USA) – still recovering from recent elbow surgery

Pablo Cuevas (URU) – Unknown reason

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) – decided to withdraw due to an elbow injury that he has had since Wimbledon

Robert Kendrick (USA) – as reported here on 10sballs.com…Kendrick has been suspended from competing until January 22, 2012 https://archive.10sballs.com/2011/08/22/cas-decision-in-the-case-of-robert-kendrick/

Women:

Kim Clijsters (BEL) – injured stomach muscle

Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) – battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Lourdes Dominguez- Lino (ESP) – unknown reason

Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) – ankle injury

Dinara Safina (RUS) – Continued issues with her back

Timea Bacinszky (SUI) – unknown

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