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Ruud, who won his seventh ATP tour title at the Argentina Open
last weekend, pulled out shortly before his second-round match
against Francisco Cerundolo.
The 23-year-old said he picked up the muscle problem while
playing against Diego Schwartzman in the final in Buenos Aires.
"It was one movement I made in the final last week, when playing
against Diego, in one of the last two games. I did a twist that
caused a strain in my abdomen," Ruud said.
"The tournament here in Rio was really nice to me, they gave me
a Thursday debut to give more time to recover but unfortunately
it was not enough time."
World number eight Ruud earlier suffered an ankle injury that
forced his late withdrawal from the Australian Open last month.
"At the end of the day you have to think about the future and
not make it worse, so I had to listen to my body," Ruud added.
"It's a long year and I don't want to make the problem worse
because a strain can become a tear and I really don't want that.
Luckily it's a muscle problem, but now I have to rest and let my
body heal."
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Alex
Richardson)
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