India, Aug. 26 -- The US Open 2026 has been dealt another late blow as Brazilian sensation wofficially withdrew from the men's singles event on Wednesday, confirming he will be replaced in the main draw by a Lucky Loser. Fonseca's eleventh-hour exit is the latest in a relentless wave of physical setbacks and fatigue-induced casualties reshaping both the ATP and WTA brackets at Flushing Meadows, joining a star-studded absentee list headlined by Jannik Sinner and Emma Raducanu just days before the main tournament gets underway.

Tournament organizers confirmed the unfortunate news on Wednesday that the Brazilian teenager has been forced to pull out of the men's singles competition due to peraps the same abdominal injury that emerged during ...