Nick Kyrgios has been overlooked for the final singles wildcards at Wimbledon, with the 2022 finalist having to settle for a doubles spot at this year\u2019s edition of the grass-court grand slam alongside his fellow maverick Alexander Bublik.<\/p>\n
Kyrgios was always a long shot to be given one of the All England club\u2019s coveted eight singles invites after such a long struggle with injury woes, but his impressive comeback in Stuttgart last week where he won his first singles match for 15 months against French world No.36 Corentin Moutet raised hopes.<\/p>\n
But another knee problem forced him to pull out of the latest stage of his comeback in Halle, Germany, on Tuesday \u2014 a projected first-round clash with top seed Ben Shelton \u2014 with Wimbledon announcing 24 hours later that the last two men\u2019s singles wildcards were going to Britons Harry Wendelken and Felix Gill.<\/p>\n
The first six wildcards had been announced on Tuesday, with Swiss favourite Stan Wawrinka and veteran Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov both earning an invite.<\/p>\n
British favourite Dan Evans has also missed out, hoping to make his final singles appearance at SW19, so he\u2019ll have to make it through qualifying.<\/p>\n
Veteran French star Gael Monfils, always a popular visitor at Wimbledon, was overlooked in his final season too.<\/p>\n
Like Kyrgios, though, Evans will play in the men\u2019s doubles. While the Australian will \u00a0join forces with the equally mercurial Kazakh Bublik in what\u2019s bound to be a colourful partnership if the Canberra maverick has overcome his latest injury, the Briton will be partnered by compatriot Henry Searle.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Lorenzo Musetti, a 2024 semi-finalist at Wimbledon, has announced he won\u2019t be competing in the event that starts on June 29 as he continues to recover from \u200cthe thigh injury which also kept the Italian out of the French Open.<\/p>\n
Musetti hasn\u2019t played since losing to \u200cCasper \u2060Ruud in the fourth round \u200bof the Italian Open in Rome in mid-May.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, \u200bas I have not yet been able to begin a full athletic \u200btraining \u200bprogram, and after \u200bcareful evaluation, we have \u200ccome to the difficult conclusion that I will not be able to participate in Wimbledon this year,\u201d said Musetti on Instagram.<\/p>\n
Maja Chwalinska was the deserved recipient of a wildcard for the women\u2019s singles after his heroics in reaching the French Open final as a qualifier, while forty-something siblings Serena and Venus Williams were invited to compete as a pairing in the women\u2019s doubles.<\/p>\n
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