Borna Coric Announces Sad News For Wimbledon Championships 2019

The defending champion at Halle Open, Borna Coric survived his second match at the ATP 500 event in Germany against Portugal’s Joao Sousa, but due to his back pain, the Croatian retired from his match against Pierre-Hugues Herbert after losing the first set. And now, as his back injuries woes continue, Borna Coric has stepped down from Wimbledon Championships 2019.

“I am sad to announce I have to skip Wimbledon this year,” Borna Coric tweeted. “Minor injury with bad timing will keep me out for 7-10 days. I was really looking forward to playing in London, but I have to concentrate on my recovery now and hopefully, I will get to London at the end of a year.”

22-year-old, Borna Coric has not missed any Grand Slam since he made his major debut at US Open 2014 and his Wimbledon withdrawal would remark his premiere truancy from a Slam.

At Wimbledon, the fourteenth seed, Borna Coric was drawn to open against Aljaz Bedene and now the Stuttgart champion and the seventeenth seed, Matteo Berrettini takes Coric’s spot. Berrettini’s round one opponent was Radu Albot and Albot will now play Jan-Lennard Struff instead of the Italian tennis sensation of the month.

World Number 14, Borna Coric usually gives a tough time to Roger Federer and he was destined to meet the Swiss in the fourth round of Wimbledon Championships 2019. And now, Berrettini is placed in the Federer’s section in the men’s draw of Wimbledon Championships 2019.

Failing to recover from his back injury he stays away from the lawns of SW19. He couldn’t qualify for the London major in 2014 but post that, Coric made four consecutive main draw appearances at Wimbledon Championships.

His best run at Wimbledon came in the year when he made his debut and reached the second round at the Championships and later for three years, Coric was a round-one exit at Wimbledon.