Lorenzo Musetti withdraws from French Open due to thigh injury

[p]Last year's Roland Garros ‌semi-finalist struggled physically during his round-of-16 ‌defeat by Norway's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ruud-casper/zN9UpRqp/"]Casper Ruud[/a] at the Italian ‌Open in Rome on Tuesday.[/p][p][b]"After yesterday's match, ‌I underwent medical examinations which revealed a rectus femoris injury, requiring several weeks of ‌rest and recovery," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/musetti-lorenzo/xtH2ODVI/"]Musetti[/a] wrote on ⁠Instagram. Unfortunately, ‌this means I won't be able to compete in ​Hamburg and Roland Garros - news that is incredibly hard to take.[/b][/p][p][b]"A ​huge thank you to the Rome crowd for your incredible support. That's exactly why, ⁠despite not ​being 100%, I chose to step on court and give everything I had in my home tournament. I'll keep you updated."[/b][/p][embed guid="868c4d57-f8e3-4cfe-ab45-70dce104e0f9" url="https://x.com/josemorgado/status/2054567333197156591" social-type="twitter" /][p]The ‌24-year-old, who reached a career-high ranking of world number five in January, had been expected to mount a strong challenge at Roland Garros, where the main draw begins on May 24th.[/p][p]Musetti has shown steady progress at the Grand Slams, reaching the Australian Open quarter-finals this year, the ‌Wimbledon semi-finals in 2024 and the U.S. ​Open quarter-finals in 2025.[/p][p]His withdrawal added to ‌a growing list of high-profile injury absentees at Roland Garros. Two-time defending champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] has pulled out with a wrist issue, along with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rune-holger/2kRS8swG/"]Dane ⁠Holger Rune[/a] and ⁠Briton [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/draper-jack/SWxNhpmK/"]Jack Draper[/a].[/p]