Britain's Andy Murray has pulled out of the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury.
The three-time Grand Slam champion has not played a competitive match since Wimbledon last summer.
Murray, 30, boarded a flight from Brisbane to Melbourne at noon local time on Thursday but his ultimate destination will be London and not the Rod Laver Arena.
The Australian Open starts on 15 January.
Former world number one Murray has slipped to 16th in the rankings since he was beaten by America's Sam Querrey in the Wimbledon quarter-finals last summer.