{"id":2551,"date":"2026-07-28T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:00:14","slug":"the-canadian-open-claimed-to-not-care-about-carlos-alcaraz-and-jannik-sinners-withdrawals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=2551","title":{"rendered":"The Canadian Open claimed to not care about Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s withdrawals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Jannik Sinner will not be playing the Canadian Open for the second consecutive year and it\u2019s left the Masters event lacking in star power.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz is missing the event due to his wrist injury and he is expected to return to tennis a couple of weeks later at the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n

Sinner, meanwhile, has decided not to play the Montreal event so soon after lifting the Wimbledon title, stating he is prioritising his health.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s left the Canadian Open in a sticky situation yet again, which many believe is down to the extended 12-day Masters format at the event.<\/p>\n

Since the 2024 season, most Masters events were expanded to 12-days rather than the traditional week-long tournaments, much to the chagrin of the top players on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n

Sam Querrey<\/a> and Steve Johnson<\/a>, speaking on Nothing Major<\/a>, believe the tournament don\u2019t mind about the mass withdrawals as long as they are receiving the television money for nearly two weeks.<\/p>\n

More tennis news<\/h2>\n

Canadian Open withdrawal list: 10 top stars join Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner by pulling out of the event<\/a><\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz has already proved he can challenge Jannik Sinner when he returns to tennis<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDo you think the Canadian Masters would rather have a 12-day long tournament without Carlos<\/a>, Jannik<\/a>, and Novak<\/a>, or have a 7-day tournament with those three in? I swear, I think they would rather have the 12-day tournament without them,\u201d said Querrey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they don\u2019t care anymore. I think they\u2019d rather take 12 days of TV rights in this. And I still think they don\u2019t care. As bad as that sounds, I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

Johnson was in agreement with his fellow podcast host.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m with you. I wish it was a seven-day event and all these guys would play, but I don\u2019t think the tournaments or the sponsors really care because they\u2019re the sponsorship is done so far in advance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like they\u2019re pulling funding now because these guys are these guys are out in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The top seeds at the Canadian Open this year will be Alexander Zverev<\/a>, Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a>, Alex de Minaur<\/a>, and Daniil Medvedev<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic, Tomas Machac, and Sebastian Korda<\/a> have also confirmed they will not be playing the Masters event.<\/p>\n

Last year was the same, with Alcaraz, Sinner, and Djokovic opting out of the event, which was taken advantage of by Ben Shelton<\/a> who lifted his first Masters title.<\/p>\n

He defeated Karen Khachanov in the final, so he will be defending the full 1000 points at this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

As for the 12-day Masters format, it looks like it\u2019s here to stay, with many tournament organisers and the ATP Tour<\/a> praising the expansion, despite the protests of the top players in tennis.<\/p>\n

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Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will not be playing the Canadian Open for the second consecutive year and it\u2019s left the Masters event lacking in star power. Alcaraz is missing the event due to his wrist injury and he is expected to return to tennis a couple of weeks later at the Cincinnati Open. Sinner, […]<\/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-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551","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=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}