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The 28-year-old Austrian, who has not played since suffering the
injury at the Mallorca Open in June, was unable to defend his
U.S. Open title this year.
He had earlier withdrawn from the team-based ATP Cup, which
starts on Saturday in Sydney, and other warmup events ahead of
the hardcourt major at Melbourne Park.
"I am now feeling well again, my wrist is in optimal condition
and I am practicing normally with a very good intensity," Thiem
said on Twitter.
"After the short holidays, my team and I have assessed all
matters and we have decided to make some changes to my initial
tournament schedule."
Thiem, who has slipped to 15th in the rankings, reached the
final at Melbourne Park last year before winning his maiden
major title at Flushing Meadows.
He opted against playing five-set matches on his return to
competition at the Australian Open, deciding to start his 2022
season in South America at the Cordoba Open in Argentina at the
end of January.
"I will miss the Australian fans, but I will be back (there) in
2023," Thiem added.
"We believe this is the right decision in order to have a good
return to competition. For the moment I will remain in Austria
for a few more days and then head to practice outdoors and get
ready for my first event of the season."
Thiem became the latest top player to pull out of the Grand Slam
due to injury after Roger Federer, Milos Raonic, Jennifer Brady,
Karolina Pliskova, Serena Williams and Bianca Andreescu.
The first major of 2022 is due to start on Jan. 17.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai,Editing by David Goodman
and Ed Osmond)
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