MOSCOW, 23 Aug. German tennis player Alexander Zverev reported on his social networks that that he lacked a couple of weeks to get in optimal shape to participate in the US Open (US Open). On Monday it became known that Zverev withdrew from the US Open due to an injury that he received in early June in the Roland Garros semi-final match against Spaniard Rafael Nadal. He could not finish the meeting and left the court in a wheelchair. A few days later, the German underwent surgery due to the rupture of three lateral ligaments of the right ankle joint. On August 7, the tennis player started training on the court. «Recovery is going very well, and I am very happy with the stage I am at now. But, unfortunately, this year I will not come to New York. It was a rather difficult decision, but I didn't want to take the risk of playing a five-set match immediately upon my return.Of course, I will miss and watch the matches.I didn't have a week or two to be 100% ready.I hope to see everyone at the Davis Cup and look forward to my return as much as possible soon,” Zverev said in an Instagram video (Meta (Facebook and Instagram social networks) is banned in Russia as extremist). The US Open, the last of the four Grand Slam tournaments, will be held from August 29 to September 11. Its current winner in men's singles is Russia's Daniil Medvedev. Zverev is the Tokyo Olympic champion in singles and is ranked second in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings.
