Alex De Minaur has been forced to withdraw from his Wimbledon quarter-final against Novak Djokovic due to a hip problem.
The Australian suffered the injury in his fourth-round clash over Arthur Fils when attempting an angled stop volley in the final game of his 6-2 6-4 4-6 6-3 triumph.
The ninth seed, who was due to face Djokovic on Centre Court this afternoon, said in a statement: “Obviously not an announcement I wanted to make by any means.
“I am devastated to pull out due to a hip injury, a little tear of the fibre cartilage that kind of is at the end of or connects to the adductor.
“I felt a loud crack during the last three points of my match against Fils and got a scan yesterday and it confirmed that this was the injury and with high risk of making it worse if I was to step on court.”
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De Minaur now faces a race against time to be fit for the Paris Olympics, with the tennis event getting underway at Roland Garros on July 27.
His withdrawal means Djokovic moves through to a last-four meeting with either Taylor Fritz or Lorenzo Musetti.
It will be the Serbian’s 13th singles semi at Wimbledon, equalling the record of Roger Federer.
