Dominic Thiem delays return, pulls out of Australian Open

Dominic Thiem is withdrawing from next month's Australian Open.

Thiem announced Tuesday on social media that he will begin his season later in January at the Cordoba Open in Argentina instead of at the first Grand Slam event of the year.

He has been sidelined since June because of a serious wrist injury, and his training recently was interrupted by a non-COVID illness that forced him to withdraw from the ATP Cup, where