Wawrinka injury woes ahead of US Open
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Stan Wawrinka has withdrawn from this month's Rogers Cup in Montreal and the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati due to a knee injury, the Swiss world No. 4 said yesterday.
The 32-year-old Geneva Open winner battled with the injury throughout the grasscourt season and was knocked out in the first round of the Aegon Championships and Wimbledon.
"After much consideration and consultation with my doctors and my team, I have decided to skip Canada and Cincinnati to be on the safe side, although I've been battling hard to be fit for these events," Wawrinka said on his official website.
The US Open champion could return to defend his title when the final grand slam of the season begins on August 28.
In Washington, top-seeded Dominic Thiem began his tune-up for the US Open with an easy late-night victory at the rain-delayed Citi Open.
Taking the court shortly after 10pm on Tuesday for his opening-round match, Thiem dispatched Henri Laaksonen 6-3, 6-3, in 1 hour, 3 minutes. The Austrian dropped only eight points on his serve in his first hardcourt match since March.
"I felt good. It got really late. It's always a little bit tricky after a longer period without matches," said Thiem, a French Open semifinalist. "I'm pretty happy with my performance."
The Citi Open also includes former champion Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic, Grigor Dmitrov and Nick Kyrgios.
"It's such a strong tournament," Thiem said. "There should be basically 4 or 5 top seeds, and I'm one of them."
Eighth-seeded Jack Sock beat Marius Copil 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6) in a match that was delayed more than 3 hours by rain.
On the women's side, top-seeded Simona Halep defeated the 2015 Washington champion, Sloane Stephens, 7-6 (3), 6-0. Halep will face Mariana Duque-Marino next. Stephens was playing her second match of the season after missing nearly a year with a stress fracture in her foot.
Halep, who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, is ranked No. 2 behind Karolina Pliskova.
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