Jannik Sinner, forced to retire in the round of 16 at Roland-Garros on 30 May due to a pain in his knee, will return to the competition at the Eastbourne turf tournament (20-25 June) shortly before Wimbledon, the same player announced.
"Hello everyone (...) my leaving Roland-Garros was very frustrating, but I wanted to tell you that my knee is better and that with my staff I am preparing for Eastbourne
. 'grass "wrote the South Tyrolean on social media.
At Roland-Garros, explained the 20-year-old, he felt "something strange and very painful" in his left knee during a serve that forced him to retire against Russian Andrey Rublev.
Sinner has only played in the main draw once at Wimbledon so far, last year, when he was knocked out in the first round by Hungarian Marton Fucsovics.