Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Monday January 6, 2025 at 5:04 p.m.
The young Frenchman Lucas Van Assche (20 years old, 129th) announced his withdrawal from the Australian Open due to an injury.
Last year, he reached the third round, losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas, the best result of his Grand Slam career up to that point. But this year, Luca Van Assche will not play the Australian Open. This Monday, the day of the start of the qualifying tournament, in which he was to take part, the young 20-year-old player (129th in the world) announced his withdrawal from the first Major of the season. “Hello, I hope you had a good holiday season. Unfortunately, I had to withdraw from the Australian Open due to an injury. I will now focus on my recovery to return as quickly as possible,” he wrote on social networks, without specifying the nature of his injury or the duration of his unavailability. Last month, Luca Van Assche took part in the Masters Next Gen from Jeddah, where he made it through the group stage, before falling in the semi-finals against the future winner of this tournament reserved for the best players aged 20 or under of the season, the Brazilian Joao Fonseca.
Van Assche lived until 200eme
Author of an average 2024 season (two Grand Slam victories, two round of 16 on the ATP circuit), which saw him fall from 90th to 129th place in the world, while the one with whom he has long been compared , Arthur Fils, climbed into the Top 20, Luca Van Assche will lose next Monday the 38 points of his round of 16 in Auckland, then at the end of January the 100 points of his third round at the Australian Openwhich will cause it to fall to around 200th place in the world. He will have to go through the Challenger circuit (the D2 of tennis) to try to move up the rankings as soon as he is restored. In theory, it will resume in Quimper the week of January 20. If his injury allows him to return in two weeks, of course.
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