{"id":43233,"date":"2026-07-25T08:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/43233\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T08:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:36:08","slug":"canadian-open-organisers-raise-concerns-over-late-pullouts-after-sinner-djokovic-pull-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/43233\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Open organisers raise concerns over late pullouts after Sinner, Djokovic pull out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Canadian Open expressed disappointment over the withdrawals of Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic from next week\u2019s tournament \u2060in Montreal, saying the recurring absence \u2060of top players from ATP 1000 events had become \u2060a broader issue for the sport.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While end-of-season tournaments in Asia are regularly hit by players pulling out at the last minute, the high-profile absences at this stage are something of a surprise.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Sinner withdrew on Friday to prioritise his health almost two weeks after retaining his Wimbledon title, while 24-time grand slam winner Djokovic continued to manage his workload, leaving the US Open tune-up short of star power.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">With Carlos Alcaraz still nursing a wrist injury that has kept him out since April, the August 1-13 tournament will again be \u200cwithout three of the sport\u2019s top names after Alcaraz, Sinner and Djokovic also missed last year\u2019s edition in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe are obviously very disappointed that Jannik and Novak won\u2019t be joining us in Montreal this year, especially after they also withdrew from last year\u2019s tournament in Toronto,\u201d said the event\u2019s tournament director, Valerie Tetreault.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Multiple grand slam winner Novak Djokovic withdrew to manage his workload. Photo: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/95aaa4f6-9540-4f70-9354-71aeee56a351_e2703ce6.jpg\" title=\"Multiple grand slam winner Novak Djokovic withdrew to manage his workload. Photo: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images\"\/>Multiple grand slam winner Novak Djokovic withdrew to manage his workload. Photo: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe respect their decisions and understand that, with such a demanding schedule, players\u2019 health must remain the priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadian Open expressed disappointment over the withdrawals of Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic from next week\u2019s tournament&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[375,15517,283,10198,1086,219,2364,84,139,3601,8422,463,15459,285,15518],"class_list":["post-43233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-novak-djokovic","tag-alcaraz","tag-andrea-gaudenzi","tag-atp","tag-canadian-open","tag-djokovic","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-montreal","tag-new-york","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-sinner","tag-toronto","tag-us-open","tag-valerie-tetreault","tag-wimbledon","tag-withdrawals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}