France’s Ga‰l Monfils has been forced to withdraw from the French Open starting on Sunday because of a viral infection.
The world number 14’s agent said on Friday the 29-year-old had been “weakened and hospitalised in recent days”.
He becomes the second Top 20 player to pull out of the clay-court tournament after third-ranked Swiss Roger Federer because of a back problem.
It is the second time that Monfils has been forced out of his home Grand Slam after a knee injury sidelined him in 2012.
