{"id":275501,"date":"2025-07-19T19:33:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/275501\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T19:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:33:21","slug":"aryna-sabalenka-releases-statement-after-pulling-out-of-montreal-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/275501\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka releases statement after pulling out of Montreal Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aryna Sabalenka has withdrawn from the upcoming Canadian Open, just a week after suffering heartbreak at Wimbledon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world No. 1 was knocked out in the semi-finals at the All England<\/a> Club by Amanda Anisimova, falling to a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4\u00a0defeat.<\/p>\n

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Sabalenka will not make an immediate return to tennis after her Wimbledon semi-final exitCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

After beating the top seed, the American went on to lose the final in catastrophic circumstances<\/a>, losing 6-0, 6-0 to Iga Swiatek in the first Wimbledon final ‘double bagel’ in 114 years.<\/p>\n

Fans expected Sabalenka to get over her Wimbledon disappointment by getting straight back into action.<\/p>\n

And with the US Open<\/a> kicking off in late August, preparations for the final major of the year are now underway, with the North American swing beginning at the Canadian Open.<\/p>\n

The WTA-1000 event begins on July 27, but Sabalenka<\/a> has now confirmed she will not make her return to the court in Montreal.<\/p>\n

She announced her withdrawal in a statement, with the 27-year-old citing fatigue as a reason.<\/p>\n

It read: \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to kicking off the North American hard-court swing, but to give myself the best chance for success this season, I\u2019ve decided it\u2019s in my best interest to skip Montreal.”<\/p>\n

While Sabalenka did not specify when she will be back in competitive action, her withdrawal means it will now not be until August.<\/p>\n

This will leave her just over three weeks to prepare for the US Open, with the Belarussian taking part in the major’s revamped Mixed Doubles Championship<\/a> on August 19.<\/p>\n

In the inaugural edition of the new-look format, Sabalenka will partner Grigor Dimitrov as one of 16 big-name pairings competing for the $1million prize in New York.<\/p>\n

Following the two-day event, she will then compete in the main singles draw, which gets underway on August 27.<\/p>\n

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Sabalenka’s last Grand Slam title came in last year’s US OpenCredit: Getty\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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The world number one lost her first-ever French Open final in JuneCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Sabalenka heads into the hard court major as defending champion, having beaten Jessica Pegula in last year’s final.<\/p>\n

Victory in Flushing Meadows would secure the tennis star a fourth Grand Slam title, and her first of 2025.<\/p>\n

Despite reaching back-to-back major finals at the Australian Open and the French Open, Sabalenka suffered defeat on both occasions.<\/p>\n

She was beaten by Madison Keys in Melbourne, where she vented her frustration by smashing her racket<\/a>, later receiving a $20,000 fine.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka then lost to\u00a0Coco Gauff\u00a0at the\u00a0French Open<\/a>, before enduring her worst campaign of the year at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

A three-set defeat to Anisimova meant her wait to reach a first final in SW19 will continue for another year, while Sabalenka also voiced her frustrations with her opponent for a perceived lack of sportsmanship.<\/p>\n

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Sabalenka’s defeat at Wimbledon saw her quest for a first Grand Slam of 2025 continueCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

Despite falling short in majors however, the top-ranked women’s player has still enjoyed success elsewhere in 2025.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka has contested seven finals so far this year, triumphing in Brisbane, Miami and Madrid.<\/p>\n

And she was quick to point out the positives in her season after her Wimbledon bid was ended by Anisimova.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka said: “I think even though I lost a lot of finals, I lost tough matches at the slams this year, I still think that the consistency I was able to bring till this moment, it’s impressive. Still a lot of things to be proud of.<\/p>\n

“This experience shows that next year I’m only hungrier and angrier. These tough defeats help me to come back much stronger.<\/p>\n

“I have huge hopes for the next year.”<\/p>\n

Sabalenka isn’t the only big name player to pull out of the Canadian Open, with world number nine Paula Badosa also withdrawing due to injury.<\/p>\n

The Belarusian competed in last year’s tournament, reaching the quarter-finals, where she was defeat by none other than Anisimova.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka has withdrawn from the upcoming Canadian Open, just a week after suffering heartbreak at Wimbledon. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[72273,35772,5066,79,1068,16,15,5067,5068],"class_list":{"0":"post-275501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-amanda-anisimova","9":"tag-aryna-sabalenka","10":"tag-french-open","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-us-open","16":"tag-wimbledon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114881574129041963","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}