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Wimbledon 2021: Dominic Thiem withdraws with wrist injury

US Open champion Dominic Thiem has pulled out of next week's Wimbledon with a wrist injury that he says will sideline him for several weeks.

"I'm going to do everything the doctors say in order to recover as quickly as possible," Thiem posted on Instagram.

"I will do my best to be back on court soon."

World number five Thiem will have to wear a wrist splint for five weeks after tests found he had a 'detachment of the posterior sheath of the ulnar side of the right wrist'.

He was due to be seeded fourth at Wimbledon, which starts on Monday and runs until 11 July.