{"id":2537,"date":"2026-07-25T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:00:50","slug":"andy-murray-has-already-suggested-the-reason-for-jannik-sinner-and-novak-djokovics-canadian-open-withdrawals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=2537","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray has already suggested the reason for Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic\u2019s Canadian Open withdrawals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jannik Sinner<\/a> and Novak Djokovic have once again confirmed they will be missing the Canadian Open as the debate about the intensity of the tennis schedule continues to rumble on.<\/p>\n

Masters events are the seconds biggest tournaments on the ATP Tour calendar, behind only the four Grand Slams.<\/p>\n

So why are the likes of Djokovic and Sinner so happy to withdraw from them and subsequently miss out on a potential 1000 ATP Tour ranking points?<\/p>\n

Andy Murray predicted this last season when he sent a fierce warning to ATP Tour organisers about what might happen due to the new two-week format of Masters events.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Madrid Open last year, Murray suggested the potential sanctions for missing a Masters event were not strong enough to convince players to play the tournaments.<\/p>\n

At present, players can automatic ranking penalties, financial fines, and potential suspension from tournaments, although there have not been many severe examples in recent years.<\/p>\n

More ATP Tour news<\/h2>\n

ATP Canadian Open withdrawal list: Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic join growing list of absentees<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cI never made decisions based on bonus pool, but it would be more about: Will I get a zero point, or might it affect my ranking, this might have been something I would have considered, but then as I got older and when I reflect on it, and also as I\u2019ve said to some coaches who work with younger players: You don\u2019t have to play those events,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone says the schedule is very long, which it is. It\u2019s definitely a long season. And now, with the two-week events, it\u2019s quite demanding. But you also always have the choice not to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, you might get a zero point, lose a few ranking points, or not be part of a bonus pool. But that\u2019s a decision, either you\u2019re saying, \u2018I don\u2019t want to play,\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019m making a decision to play because it\u2019s better for me financially.\u2019<\/p>\n

Sinner<\/a> and Djokovic\u2019s<\/a> withdrawals from the Canadian Open is not likely to change their ranking, or subsequent career, and that is also something Murray<\/a> acknowledged last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers have the option not to play if they don\u2019t want to,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not like anything really bad happens. It\u2019s not like you get a suspension or you can\u2019t play future events. It\u2019s just a zero pointer on your ranking. It\u2019s not a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Either the ATP Tour<\/a> needs to make changes to the hectic nature of the tennis calendar or it needs to double down and start providing bigger sanctions on players who miss the biggest events in the calendar.<\/p>\n

Otherwise there will be more withdrawals from key events across the season.<\/p>\n

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Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic have once again confirmed they will be missing the Canadian Open as the debate about the intensity of the tennis schedule continues to rumble on. Masters events are the seconds biggest tournaments on the ATP Tour calendar, behind only the four Grand Slams. So why are the likes of Djokovic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}