Injured, Luca Van Assche withdraws from the Masters 1000 in Rome

Luca Van Assche will not participate in the Masters 1000 in Rome, which takes place from May 8 to 19. The young Frenchman (19 years old, 99th in the world) announced his retirement this Thursday on his social networks. The nature of his injury is unknown. “Unfortunately injured, I will not be able to play in Rome as planned next week. I’m going to stay a few days in Paris while I take care of myself. he wrote. The injury would not be serious.

“I hope to be able to play again very soon,” he also announced. Van Assche could therefore, before Roland-Garros (26 May – 9 June), compete in the Challenger 175 in Bordeaux (13-19 May) where he is registered, then the ATP 250 in Lyon (20-25 May ).

This season on clay, the protégé of Yannick Quéré and Vincenzo Santopadre lost in the first round in Marrakech, in the first round of qualifying in Monte-Carlo, in the second round in Barcelona then in Madrid, where he was defeated by the Argentine Sebastian Baez.