NEW YORK (AP) Sixth-seeded Robin Soderling withdrew from the U.S. Open because of illness.
The Swede was scheduled to face qualifier Louk Sorensen in the first round Wednesday. ``Lucky loser'' Rogerio Dutra da Silva of Brazil took his spot.
Soderling had not played since withdrawing from Montreal with a wrist injury in early August. He won at Bastad in his last tournament in mid-July.
The two-time French Open runner-up reached the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows last year to equal his best result.
Sorensen, from Ireland, is ranked 618th. Dutra da Silva is ranked 114th.