Just nine days before the tournament that gets the year going, the Croat Marin Cilic announced that he will be missing the first major tournament of the season. The U.S. Open winner Marin Cilin has had problem with his right shoulder for quite some time now, Jackpot Bet Online and after being treated by the doctors in Zagreb he accepted their instructions and suggestions not to play on the Australian Open, avoiding any bigger risk on his shoulder that might eventually ruin his career.

The Croatian tennis player has had very strong and tensed preparations for the Australian Open, missing all the warm up tournaments before the major one in hopes to have power and to perform better on it. He was hoping to grab hi second major Grand Slam trophy but his plans eventually were shut by his doctors advising him to stay out for some time, avoiding even bigger problems on his right shoulder. The 9th player on the ATP world ranking list Marin Cilic was obviously disappointed by his decision, but seemed rather calm than angry.