Lorenzo Musetti withdraws from Wimbledon to focus on recovery from thigh injury

Lorenzo Musetti looking dejected
Lorenzo Musetti looking dejectedREUTERS / Ciro De Luca

Italian Lorenzo Musetti pulled ⁠out of Wimbledon on Wednesday as he continued ‌to recover from the thigh ‌injury that meant the ‌former world number five ‌also missed the French Open.

Musetti, ‌who reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2024, has not ‌played since he fell ⁠to ‌Casper Ruud in the fourth ​round of the Italian Open in Rome ​in mid-May.

"I want to update you on my recovery ⁠from the ​injury I sustained in Rome: rehabilitation is going very well and the medical ‌results are encouraging," the 24-year-old Musetti wrote on Instagram.

"Unfortunately, as I have not yet been able to begin a full athletic training program, and after careful evaluation, we have ‌come to the difficult conclusion ​that I will not ‌be able to participate in Wimbledon this year."

"It is not an easy decision, but it is ⁠the right ⁠one."