The organizers confirmed Zverev’s withdrawal on Monday afternoon. The man from Hamburg, who had already missed Wimbledon, already knew that it would be “very, very close”. The hard court event (August 29 to September 11) with three winning sets, ideally seven games under constant pressure, would have been tantamount to a maximum load. Nevertheless, he had toyed with his participation in the last Grand Slam event of the year – until now.
