Ninth seed De Minaur sustained a hip injury during his four set win over Arthur Fils in the fourth round
Alex de Minaur has pulled out of his Wimbledon quarter-final with Novak Djokovic due to injury. Photograph: Zac Goodwin/PA Wireon Wednesday due to a hip injury, sending the Serbian into a record-equalling 13th semi-final at the grass court Grand Slam.
"I'm devastated to pull out due to a hip injury, a little tear of the fibre cartilage that is at the end of or connects to the adductor," said De Minaur, who stunned Djokovic at the United Cup team tournament in the opening week of the season. “I knew the results yesterday, but hoped I would wake up today and feel some sort of miracle,” added De Minaur, who is enjoying his best season on the tour having reached the top 10.
The Australian is now in a race to be fit for the Olympics, where the tennis event begins at Roland Garros on July 27.
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