NEW YORK – Sixth-seeded Robin Soderling withdrew from the U.S. Open because of illness.
The Swede was scheduled to face qualifier Louk Sorensen in the first round Wednesday. “Lucky loser” Rogerio Dutra da Silva of Brazil took his spot.
His agent said in a statement that Soderling started feeling “really bad” Tuesday night with stomach pain and a headache. A doctor recommended he not play.
Soderling had not played since withdrawing from Montreal with a wrist injury in early August.
“Wrist is feeling better. Travelling to NY tomorrow,” he tweeted Aug. 21.
Soderling missed Cincinnati because of a throat problem that agent Nina Wennerstrom said might be related to the virus that sidelined him in New York. He won at Bastad in his last tournament in mid-July.
The two-time French Open runner-up reached the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows last year to equal his best result.
Sorensen, from Ireland, is ranked 618th. Dutra da Silva is ranked 114th.
