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Last year’s US Open champion Dominic Thiem has revealed he will not require surgery on his injured wrist.
The Austrian former world number three has not played since June when he sustained the injury at the Mallorca Championships.
The 28-year-old announced in August, when he confirmed he would not defend his title at Flushing Meadows, that he would not return this season due to a detachment of the posterior sheath of the ulnar side of the right wrist.
Surgery had not been ruled out for Thiem who had been recovering since a setback in August but the Austrian revealed on Twitter that he would not go under the knife.
“I had a very important thing today,” Thiem said. “I was in Belgium to decide if I need surgery on my wrist or not and luckily I have very, very good news. I won’t need the surgery.
“It’s really stable and it’s looking good, my wrist. The next week I have to make it more flexible and strengthen my wrist, do everything to prepare to slowly start playing tennis again.
“I’m really looking forward to it. It’s been a pretty long time without a racquet and I honestly miss it.”
Thiem holds a 9-9 record for the 2021 season, with his ranking slipping to eighth.
