Carlos Alcaraz Becomes Latest Leading Player To Withdraw From Canadian Open

Carlos Alcaraz has go nan latest successful a bid of starring men’s players to retreat from nan Canadian Open arsenic nan world No 2 joined Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic and Jack Draper connected nan sidelines.

The players are skipping nan Toronto tournament, owed to statesman connected Saturday, to remainder and retrieve from wounded earlier nan last expansive slam of nan season, nan US Open successful New York starting connected 25 August.

Alcaraz, who mislaid to Sinner successful the Wimbledon singles final 9 days ago, apologised to fans via X, saying: “I will not beryllium capable to play successful Toronto this year, I person mini muscles issues and I request to retrieve physically and mentally for what comes next. To nan tourney and to my fans successful Canada I americium very sorry, I will spot you adjacent year!”

Draper revealed connected X that he would besides miss nan Cincinnati Open starting 5 August. The British No 1 wrote: “After Wimbledon I picked up an wounded successful my near arm, thing serious, but I person to make judge it recovers afloat for nan remainder of nan season. Unfortunately, I won’t beryllium capable to compete successful Toronto and Cincinnati … spot you successful NYC!”

Sinner is looks to protect his elbow, aft a tumble successful his fourth-round lucifer against Grigor Dmitrov astatine Wimbledon. Djokovic besides suffered niggling injuries passim his tally astatine nan tournament, pinch a groin problem yet being nan main logic he will beryllium absent from Toronto.

Alexander Zverev, nan world No 3, and Taylor Fritz, classed No 4, are apt to beryllium nan apical seeds successful Toronto.

Many players person spoken retired against nan scheduling connected some nan men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and nan Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tours. In March nan Professional Tennis Players’ Association (PTPA), which was co-founded by Djokovic, began ineligible action against tennis’s governing bodies successful nan US, nan UK and EU, successful what it described arsenic being “on behalf of nan full subordinate population”.

On 26 June nan PTPA submitted an amended complaint, dropping nan International Tennis Federation, which runs squad events and nan Olympic events, and nan International Tennis Integrity Agency from nan lawsuit, focusing solely connected nan ATP and WTA tours, contempt nan PTPA actively negotiating pinch each 4 expansive slam tournaments.

Meanwhile nan Australian Nick Kyrgios came done his first lucifer since March, and conscionable his sixth this year, alongside nan French seasoned Gaël Monfils successful nan men’s doubles astatine nan DC Open. They mislaid 2-6, 2-6 to Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Hugo Nys.