MONTREAL – World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic have withdrawn from the Nationwide Financial institution Open.
Tennis Canada introduced Friday that each gamers is not going to be competing in Montreal as a result of they had been on the entry listing for the ATP Masters 1000 event, which begins Aug. 1.
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz just isn’t on the listing of gamers as he continues to recuperate from a proper wrist damage that pressured him to overlook Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
“After fastidiously contemplating all components with my group, I’ve made the tough determination to withdraw from Montreal,” stated Sinner, who received Wimbledon earlier this month.
“It is by no means simple to overlook such an necessary occasion, however I consider that is the appropriate determination with my well being as my high precedence. I am disenchanted not to have the ability to take part, however I look ahead to returning to Montreal sooner or later.”
French Open champion and Wimbledon runner-up Alexander Zverev would be the high seed for this event.
Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime might be seeded second, making him the highest-seeded Canadian within the event’s historical past.
Sinner, Djokovic and Alcaraz, three of the most important names in males’s tennis, additionally missed final yr’s Toronto event, when the 12-day event started simply two weeks after Wimbledon.
Officers at this yr’s event anticipated there could be fewer withdrawals because it begins three weeks after the Wimbledon remaining, however they expressed their dissatisfaction in a press launch.
“We’re clearly very disenchanted that Yannick and Novak is not going to be collaborating in Montreal this yr, particularly since additionally they withdrew from final yr’s Toronto event. We respect their determination and perceive that the well being of our gamers should proceed to be a precedence throughout such a demanding schedule,” NBO event director Valerie Tétreault stated in an announcement.
“That being stated, we consider the frequency of last-minute withdrawals lately raises broader points for our sport. The Masters 1000 occasion is among the Tour’s flagship tournaments, and followers rightly count on to see the world’s greatest.”
Sinner, 24, and Djokovic, 39, may make their return to motion on the Cincinnati Open, with major draw matches beginning the day after the Nationwide Financial institution Open and forward of the US Open in late August.
