NEW YORK: Austria’s Dominic Thiem (pix)will not defend his US Open title after having to pull out of the hardcourt major with a wrist injury, the world No. 6 said on Wednesday.

Thiem, who suffered the injury in June at the Mallorca Open and was also forced to skip the grasscourt major at Wimbledon, said on Twitter that he will miss the rest of the 2021 season.