Tennis: U.S. Open champion Wawrinka to miss rest of the season with injury stat : Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka will not defend his title in New York later this month and will also miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury, the Swiss said on Friday. Wawrinka joins world number five Novak Djokovic on the sidelines, with the Serb also missing the rest of the season due to an elbow injury. The 32-year-old battled with the injury throughout the grasscourt season and was knocked out in the first round at Queen's and at Wimbledon. Sept 11, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland celebrates with the championship trophy after beating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's singles final on day fourteen of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. World number one Andy Murray, who is struggling with a hip problem, is also a major doubt ahead of the final grand slam of the calendar year, which begins on Aug. 28 at Flushing Meadows.




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Stan Wawrinka, the reigning U.S. Open champion, will undergo knee surgery and miss the rest of the 2017 season. —Tennis Channel Plus is available on any streaming device, on mobile, always on the GO (desktop, iOS, android , Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire). —Get Tennis Channel Plus for 650+ live events all year long. Watch all the coverage LIVE on Tennis Channel Plus. Watch encore coverage on demand exclusively available on Tennis Channel Plus.


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