Stan Wawrinka Shuts Down 2017 Season Due to Knee Injury

The reigning U.S. Open champion will not defend his title and will not play for the rest of the year.

The reigning U.S. Open champion will not defend his title this year.

On Friday, the 2016 U.S. Open champion and three-time major winner Stan Wawrinka announced that he will not play for the remainder of the 2017 season, due to a knee injury. In a post on Facebook, Wawrinka said he and his team had to make "a difficult decision to undergo a medical intervention" on his left knee.

The World No. 4 pulled out of the ATP Masters 1000 series tournament in Montreal and the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati earlier in the week.

The decision comes after Novak Djokovic announced last week that he would also end his 2017 season, due to an elbow injury.

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Published Aug 4, 2017 | Modified Aug 4, 2017

JAMIE LISANTI

Jamie Lisanti is the Managing Editor, Features and Special Projects at Sports Illustrated. She started her career as an SI reporter in 2014 and since then, her work has spanned tennis, college basketball, Olympics, women's sports and more. She leads SI’s editorial franchises and tentpole event coverage, including Sportsperson of the Year, Digital Covers, Sports & Style and The Power List. A former college soccer player, she is also a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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