Alexander Zverev has said he could not risk competing at the US Open this year but insisted that his recovery is going extremely well.
The 25-year-old has not played since injuring himself during his French Open semi-final against Rafael Nadal in June. Ad The US Open announced on Monday that Zverev had withdrawn from the tournament and now the player has explained his decision in a post on Instagram, saying that he would have been ready were the tournament in «another week or two».
US OpenZverev withdraws from US Open due to ankle injuryYESTERDAY AT 13:59 “The recovery is going extremely well,” said Zverev. “And I am super happy where I am right now. “But unfortunately I will not come to New York this year. “It was a very tough decision, but the way the recovery is going – and how well everything is going — I just don’t want to take the risk, and play a best-of-five set match as my first match back. “Of course, I will miss it and, of course, I will be watching from far away. “Unfortunately I did not have another week or two where I would have been 100% ready but it is how it is. “I am looking forward to seeing everybody at the Davis Cup.
And I am looking forward to being back as soon as possible.” Zverev has not played since injuring himself towards the second set of his semi-final when he went over on his ankle.