Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori announced on Thursday that he is retiring from the remainder of the season because the injury he suffered to his right shoulder during the recent Roland Garros still causes him discomfort and he wants to recover 100%.
“I have decided to end my year,” Nishikori wrote in a message shared on his official Japanese app, in which he explained, “My shoulder still bothers me a bit, so I have decided to skip Paris and Sofia and focus on 2021. This year I is coming is important. Thank you for all your support and see you soon. “
The 30-year-old Japanese athlete suffered a right shoulder injury in his five-set loss in the second round of the French Open to Italian Stefano Travaglia.
The number 37 of the ATP world rankings, who underwent surgery on his right elbow in October 2019, had returned to the pigs in September at the Australian Kitzbühel Tournament after testing positive for COVID-19 in August, which that knocked him out of the Cincinnati Masters and the US Open.
“I am excited to be back on the court, but I also have to make sure I am 100% when I play. Coming back after elbow surgery was not easy and I had some ups and downs as expected,” Nishikori said in his message, collected by the Japanese news agency Kyodo.
