Tomas Berdych joins long list of players who have ended their season early due to injury
Friday 20 October 2017 11:41, UK
Czech Tomas Berdych is the latest leading player to end his season early due to injury.
Berdych, the world No 18, announced that he would miss tournaments in Vienna and Paris because of a back injury, and joins Australian Nick Kyrgios (hip) as the latest to end the season early.
World No 3 Andy Murray has not played since Wimbledon while 12-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, three-time major winner Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic are the other top-ranked players who will not play competitively again in 2017.
Berdych, 32, still had a remote chance of qualifying for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals for an eighth time, but will now set his sights on getting himself ready for the Australian Open in January.
"I have been playing with back pain since Wimbledon and in my last match in Beijing I felt like it was getting worse," Berdych said on Twitter.
"I was advised by my medical team to give it a few weeks' rest, and to have treatment, in order to be completely healthy andpain-freee and to be ready to compete at the start of 2018."
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