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There is a massacre at the Metz Arena. The Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in turn withdraws from the main draw of the Moselle Open 2024, just like the Russian Andrey Rublev, who had nevertheless qualified for the quarter-finals…
From very good news to disappointment, there is often only one step. Announced last Friday in the main draw of the Moselle Open 2024, Grigor Dimitrov has finally decided to withdraw and will be replaced by Frenchman Luca Van Assche, announcement The Team. The Bulgarian benefited from a “wild card” from the tournament organization. As the third seed, the tenth player in the world was exempt from the first round.
Knocked out of qualifying for the ATP Finals, Dimitrov therefore decided to end his season. It is one more disappointment after the announced withdrawals of the Dane Holger Rune, of the regional player, Ugo Humbert, after his week at the Rolex Paris Masters, and therefore that of the Russian Andrey Rublev, who, qualified for the Turin Masters , decided to forfeit.
Rublev leaves Moselle Open
Another astonishing announcement at the Moselle Open, which this time took place on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 5… That of the withdrawal of Andrey Rublev, number 1 seed in the tournament. The Russian had however beaten the Italian Lorenzo Sonego, former winner of the tournament, in two sets (7/6 7/5), earlier in the day in the round of 16. It was then that Novak Djokovic's withdrawal from the Turin Masters suddenly awakened an unfortunate injury in the number 9 in the Race, who therefore regained a place in Piedmont.
“During his match, Andrey Rublev felt pain, confirmed by the doctors on site, who diagnosed an abdominal injury. He made the decision to withdraw from the tournament and travel to Turin to undergo a treatment and recovery protocol, in order to maximize his chances of participating in the ATP Finals.then declared the organization of the tournament.
As a result of this unexpected injury, there will only be three quarter-finals in the tournament, since the winner of the duel between Corentin Moutet and Jan-Lennard Struff is directly qualified for the semi-finals of a strange Moselle Open…
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