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It is not easy to write this message but after speaking again with the doctors and specialists about my hip problems I have to announce that unfortunately I will not be able to play in Rome,” Sinner said in a statement.

“Obviously, I’m disappointed that I didn’t recover; it was one of my favorite tournaments ever. I couldn’t wait to get back home and play in front of the Italian fans.”

The Italian would have been playing in his home country for the first time since winning the Australian Open and guiding Italy to their first Davis Cup championship in 47 years when they raised the trophy in November.

The world number two would have got a spine-tingling welcome from the Italian fans at

Unfortunately, the hip issue that led him to retire from the Madrid Open before his quarterfinal match against Felix Auger-Aliassime will take additional time to recover.

With Roland-Garros less than a month away, Sinner can’t afford to prolong his recuperation period any further by returning to competitive action before he is ready.Sinner did, however, mention that he will be visiting the Foro Italico, so Italian tennis fans may still get to see him, but not on the match court.

“I will still come to Rome for a few days and stop by the Foro Italico,” he went on to say.

“I am grateful for your expressions of encouragement. Now, I will collaborate with my team and physicians to

Sinner’s clay-court season has stagnated considerably after a tight loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas in Monte-Carlo, and now this hip ailment is jeopardizing his hopes of victory in Madrid and Rome.

If he recovers in time, Sinner will remain one of the favourites at Roland-Garros. However, this is not how the young Italian’s preparations for Paris were supposed to go, since he will have less clay-court match time than is desirable.

Nonetheless, a fit and firing Sinner at Roland-Garros will be difficult to stop. The issue is, how fit and firing will the Australian Open winner be?