Thanasi Kokkinakis grand slam season is officially a write off, after the tennis star was ruled out of the U.S. Open.The 20-year-old pulled a pectoral muscle in training, and will now miss the final major tournament of the year which starts on August 29.The injury could also place him in doubt for next months Davis Cup tie against Slovakia in Sydney.Kokkinakis injury is not believed to be related to the shoulder blow which ruled him out of the first three majors of the season.The South Australian has played just one competitive match on the tour this year, going down in straight sets via two tie breakers in this months Olympics to Portugals Gastao Elias.He was hitting some high forehands and he kind of felt it just a little bit, his manager, Rick Montz, told Fairfax Media.Its worse than a strain, so its going to take a couple of weeks, probably, of not hitting, for that to heal.Kokkinakis has since slipped to No. 841 on the rankings as a result of the of the ongoing injuries, down from his 69th place ranking he held at this point last year. 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He struck out two, walked one and hit a batter. Edwin Encarnacion had a two-out, bases loaded two-RBI double in the third inning. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Alabama womens basketball lost its first game of the season, falling 70-59, to Georgetown in McDonough Arena on Sunday afternoon. With the loss, the Crimson Tide stands at 7-1, while the win brings the Hoyas to 8-2 overall.Its all about coming on the road and having toughness, said Alabama head coach Kristy Curry. You need to make plays on both ends of the floor and do that with consistency, and we didnt do that today.Junior Hannah Cook led four in double figures for Alabama with 11, while junior Ashley Williams, sophomore Shaquera Wade and freshman Jordan Lewis chipped in 10 apiece. Both Lewis, fellow freshman Ashley Knight and junior Meoshonti Knight finished with a team-high seven rebounds, while Lewis dished out a season-high six assists. Georgetown was led in scoring by junior Dorothy Adomako, who had 20 points, while senior Faith Woodard recorded a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds.Alabama opened the game with an 8-0 run over the first 90 seconds, large in part to Cook, who knocked down back-to-back threes. From there, Georgetown scored 16 unanswered points to pull ahead by eight with 2:22 remaining in the quarter and would lead by the same margin at the end of the period, 18-10.The Hoyas lead reached double digits at the 8:10 mark of the second following a layup by sophomore Dionna White. Georgetown would go on to lead by as many as 13 in the frame before the Tide cut it to nine, thanks to nine points and six rebound from Ashleyy Knight.dddddddddddd Alabama would trail by 11, 34-23, at the half.The Tide scored nine of the first 15 points of the third to cut the Hoyas lead to eight, 40-32, with 5:13 to go in the quarter. Georgetown responded with a 9-2 run over the next two minutes to give the home team a 15-point advantage, its largest of the game. Alabama chipped it down to seven with 24 seconds to go before Adomako scored the final basket to give the Hoyas a 53-44 lead heading into the final period.The Tide would come no closer than seven points in the fourth as Georgetown would outscore Alabama, 17-15 over the last 10 minutes of play.For the game, the Tide shot 30.2 percent (19-63), while the Hoyas were 50.8 percent (30-59) from the floor. Alabama outrebounded Georgetown, 47-33, and took 28 free throws compared to the Hoyas nine attempts from the line.At the end of the day we just have to finish plays, added Curry. They made shot after shot, and we didnt. We outrebounded them, 22-6, on the offensive boards. Those are energy statistics. We have to be able to make the shots on the road though, and today, we didnt.Next up, Alabama returns to Tuscaloosa for a pair of home matchups against Georgia State and Georgia Tech. Thursdays game against the Panthers will tip at 11:30 a.m. CT, while Saturdays game versus the Yellow Jackets is slated for a 2 p.m. CT start. ' ' '