De Minaur to visit Shanghai for scans after suffering adductor injury in Beijing final

[p]The 27-year-old Australian was ‌engaged in a tight battle with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/djokovic-novak/AZg49Et9/"]Novak Djokovic[/a] ‌when he suffered the injury and retired while trailing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/de-minaur-a-EZgZ9Xfh/djokovic-n-AZg49Et9/?mid=8v653Rz9"]‌7-6(3) 0-1[/a] in the second set, handing the ‌Serbian great a seventh title in the Chinese capital.[/p][p][b]"I was feeling quite good, then I felt something midway through ‌the end of the first set. ⁠Yeah, it gradually got ‌a little worse,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-minaur-alex/EZgZ9Xfh/"]De Minaur[/a] told reporters.[/p][p]"Felt something in ​the adductor. I don't know what it is yet. I've got to get some more ​scans. My plan is to go to Shanghai and get scans."[/p][embed guid="b93b3218-f278-4013-8922-769439bebbb7" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2107452193741722100" social-type="twitter" /][p]In 2024, De Minaur was forced to ⁠withdraw from a ​Wimbledon quarter-final against Djokovic because of a hip injury and missed the singles tournament at the Paris Olympics before returning at the US Open some seven ‌weeks later.[/p][p]De Minaur was scheduled to play next this season at the Shanghai Masters, where he reached the quarter-finals last year and which kicks off on Wednesday.[/p][p]If he is able to play, the Australian number one still has a chance of making the eight-strong field for the ATP Finals, especially after a slot opened up when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik Sinner[/a] announced ‌on Tuesday he would play no more tennis ​this year.[/p][p]De Minaur, who reached the semi-finals of ‌the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin last year, said he had been pleased with his form in Beijing.[/p][p][b]"Everything except for the end was really positive,"[/b] he added.[/p][p]"There was a lot of good ⁠tennis. I played ⁠some great stuff. Felt ‌amazing on the court."[/p]