Denis Istomin leaves New York Open as he retires with an injury

The 32-year-old kicked off the 2019 season with Round of 32 defeat at the Maharashtra Open before he left Australian Open losing to Roger Federer and Sofia Open was also unsuccessful for Istomin as he received a defeat in the Round of 32.

In the New York Open, Uzbekistan international faced American Mackenzie McDonald and managed to claim a comeback from behind win in three sets.

In the Round of 16, Istomin struggled with American Reilly Opelka for a quarterfinal spot on Thursday. He began the match with a 7-6 score in the set, but Reilly Opelka managed to win the second one in tie-break. However, Denis Istomin retired from the match at the beginning of the third set due to injury.