By Chris Oddo | @HetFanChild | Wednesday June 19, 2024
After slipping and falling and being pressured to withdraw from his first spherical match with Rinky Hijikata at Queen’s Membership, Frances Tiafoe stays eager for Wimbledon.
Get effectively quickly, @FTiafoe 🙌
After a nasty fall, Tiafoe is pressured to retire and Hijikata strikes on to R16 at Queens#CinchChampionships pic.twitter.com/VrdASi5V1j
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) June 17, 2024
The 28-year-old world quantity 28 has a grade 1 sprain of his proper MCL. He fell on his baseline within the second sport of the third set in Monday’s match and writhed in ache for a very long time. Tiafoe finally limped off the sphere, favoring his proper hip space.
After a medical timeout, he returned to the sphere, performed one other level and promptly withdrew from the sport.
Replace on Frances Tiafoe, who hopes to play Wimbledon: pic.twitter.com/FJbS5BqaS5
— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) June 19, 2024
“I’ve a grade 1 MCL sprain,” Tiafoe posted on Instagram, hopefully including: I’ll spend the following few weeks recuperating to arrange for Wimbledon.
It has been a troublesome season for the previous world quantity 10. He has gained 13 and misplaced 14 and has fallen from 16 to 29 within the rankings.
Since reaching the Houston closing in April, Tiafoe has misplaced 8 of 11 matches.