Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ruled out for rest of 2020 due to back injury

The former world number five has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2020 tennis season due to a lower back problem, meaning the Frenchman will miss out on his home Grand Slam which begins on Monday.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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A lingering lower back problem has forced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga out of his home Grand Slam at the French Open and the rest of 2020.

The 35-year-old Tsonga has not played since lower back pain forced him to retire from his first-round match at the Australian Open in January against Alexei Popyrin while trailing 6-7(5) 6-2 6-1.

Tsonga, the 2008 finalist in Melbourne, said the problems still persist and he will have to miss the French Open, which starts on September 27, and the remaining tournaments in the year.

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"But I still have the morale, the rage, the desire and the motivation to come back in 2021, hoping that things will develop for the better," said the two-time French Open semi-finalist, who is ranked 52 in the world.

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