The Wimbledon men’s single draw suffered another setback before the start of the 2025 tournament as the third seeded player has withdrawn from the main draw due to injury.

The three-time Grand Slam finalist Casper Rood has become the latest star to get out of the Grass-court Major, as “Best-of-Five Sets are unfortunately a little bit soon” for Norwegian “because he joined Arthur Films and Sebastian Corda.

Rud was ranked 15th All England ClubBut his manager has confirmed that he is not ready to make his comeback yet after his recent knee injury.

Manager Tina Falester told NTB, “He is back to court, and things are going well, but it seems that playing the best-five sets is unfortunately a bit very soon. Gustad will now be ahead for Kasper.”

Former World No. 2 has struggled with injuries for several months as he missed his Geneva Open Title Defense, but then made his comeback to the French Open before exiting the second round.

Later, he admitted that the players were under pressure to play compulsory tournaments due to the ATP ranking system.

The 26 -year -old said, “You think you are bound to play with some rules, which the ATP has established with compulsory events.

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Meanwhile, Fires increased the back injury during his five -set win over Jome Munar in the second round at Rolland Garos and was forced to withdraw from his home’s Grand Slam before his third round match.

Scan later revealed that he had a tension fracture.

“I had some issue with the back for a long time and during the match against Munar [got] Worse, “French No. 1, which was due to being in 16th position, said.” Then I did some exams. The exam was not good at all. [I] Got some stress fracture. ,

Corda was estimated to be ranked 30th, but has not played even after losing in the third round at the French Open.

“Unfortunately there is no Wimbledon for me this year,” American wrote on Instagram. “Stress fracture in my calf during soil. 12 months hard, but better days ahead.”

There is no major name for women’s draw in Wimbledon, including the top 32 seeds in the third Grand Slam of all the year.