"I'm going to have to undergo tests as soon as possible," De Minaur uncertain for the end of the season

Alex De Minaur is not yet 100% certain to participate in the final tournaments of the season.

A quarter-finalist at the Shanghai Masters 1000 in recent days, De Minaur still doesn't know what awaits him for the end of his 2025 season. Affected by a hip injury, the Australian has withdrawn from the UTS Hong Kong, which takes place in the coming hours.

Moreover, the world No. 7 confirmed it: he will have to undergo tests to determine the exact nature of his injury. The 26-year-old player gave an interview to Tennis Majors in which he discusses his current physical problems.

"It's a hip injury, the same one I suffered after Wimbledon last year, which kept me off the courts for a long time. It's a concern.

Last year, I couldn't play for three or four months, and when I came back, I played with pain for the rest of the year. Now, these are warning signs; I need to make sure everything is okay.

I don't want to have the same problems as last year. I need to be smart and get treatment. I started feeling pain in Beijing. It got worse, and I played in Shanghai with painkillers to do my best, but I knew something was wrong.

I hoped it was just a bad movement and that I would get better two or three days later. But the matches kept coming, and the pain didn't go away. That's why I'm going to have to undergo tests as soon as possible to see what's wrong.

I need to identify the problem, why I'm still in pain, and once I've consulted with my team, my doctor, and my medical team, we can plan which tournaments I will or won't play in the final weeks of the year. There are still many questions and uncertainties, so we just have to wait," assured Alex De Minaur.

As a reminder, De Minaur is still entered in the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna and the Paris Masters 1000, and is still in the running to participate in the ATP Finals in Turin. As for the UTS circuit, he is already confirmed to participate in the final event of the year in London in early December (the Australian is, in fact, the defending champion).