Taylor Fritz appears to still be struggling with a fitness issue that has already seen him withdraw from multiple ATP events this year.
Fritz has been suffering with abdominal pain since February, but decided to compete at the sunshine double of Indian Wells and the Miami Open.
Despite admitting that he was not fully pain free, Fritz reached the Miami Open semi-finals for the first time in his career.
However, the world number four has not been able to push on since then, with Fritz withdrawing from the Monte Carlo Masters and now another upcoming ATP tournament.
Taylor Fritz withdraws from ATP Munich and is replaced by Jakub Mensik
Fritz was next scheduled to compete at the ATP tournament in Munich, where he reached the final last year before losing to Jan-Lennard Struff.
However, the American will not get the opportunity to improve on his runner-up finish this year, after it was announced that he had withdrawn from the Bavarian Tennis Championships.
While no explanation has been given as of yet, it is assumed that Fritz’s withdrawal is related to the ongoing abdominal injury he has been suffering with.
As a result of this, Fritz will lose 165 ranking points from reaching the final last year, and has a further 800 to defend throughout the clay court season.
Fritz is not the only person having injury struggles, with former top 10 player Hubert Hurkacz also suffering with a lower back issue.