World No 2 Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Italian Open in Rome with a hip injury.
The problem emerged during his win over Russian Karen Khachanov in Madrid, and forced the Italian to pull out of his quarter-final against Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada.
Now, Sinner joins world No 3 Carlos Alcaraz in missing the Italian Open through injury, a tournament for which both men would have been favourites.
“It is not easy to write this message, but after having spoken with doctors and specialists about my hip injury again, I will not be able to play in Rome,” he said in a statement...