Australian tennis star Alex de Minaur pulled out of singles at the Paris Olympics 2024 due to an injury he sustained at Wimbledon 2024 earlier this month.
De Minaur was poised to face Novak Djokovic in the quarter-final of Wimbledon but he pulled out of the tournament after tearing his hip cartilage in the dying moments of his round-of-16 win over Arthur Fils.
The injury put his Olympic participation in doubt but the 25-year-old travelled to Paris as he missed the Tokyo Games in 2021 due to COVID-19.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), confirmed on Sunday that De Minaur will not be participating in the singles matches which was scheduled for later in the day.
"He has tried to do everything possible to get himself ready to play singles at the Olympics," an AOC spokesperson said. "He will prioritise men's doubles alongside his childhood friend Alexei Popyrin."
De Minaur and Popyrin will face American fourth seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in their first match in doubles.
Last week, Elena Rybakina joined a lengthy list of non-starters hours due to illness just hours after the draw took place at Roland Garros.
Meanwhile, men's world number one and top seed Jannik Sinner of Italy had to withdraw from the singles and doubles because of illness while exciting Danish youngster Holger Rune also pulled out with a wrist injury.
Czech player Marketa Vondrousova, who was runner-up in the singles in Tokyo three years ago, also withdrew because of injury, as did Poland's Hubert Hurkacz because of a knee injury sustained at Wimbledon.
Two-time Olympic singles champion Andy Murray announced last week that he was not fit enough to compete in the singles but would still play doubles with Dan Evans.
Other notable absences from the tennis at the Games include world number three Aryna Sabalenka, Tunisia's Ons Jabeur, Britain's Emma Raducanu, American Ben Shelton and Tokyo men's bronze medal winner Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain.
