New York (AFP)

Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro, winner of the US Open in 2009 and finalist last year, will not compete in the US Open, which begins August 26 at the Flushing Meadows courts in New York, announced Tuesday. organizers of the last Grand Slam event of the year.

Del Potro, the world's 12th-ranked 30-year-old, had his right kneecap done after being injured in the last Queen's tournament in June. He has since been rehabilitated and will not be ready for the US Open.

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