Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, and Jack Draper have sparked injury concerns after withdrawing from the upcoming Canadian Masters.<\/p>\n
Whilst withdrawals from the sixth Masters 1000 of the season are not rare \u2013 considering their place in the post-Wimbledon calendar \u2013 the latest news will be a significant blow for organisers.<\/p>\n
To make matters potentially trickier for players, both the Canadian Masters and the Cincinnati Masters are now two-week events, with participants having a day off between matches, but within a further expanded draw.<\/p>\n
The 24-time Grand Slam champion recently exited Wimbledon looking severely compromised in a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 loss to Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
Djokovic<\/a> suffered a nasty slip on match point against Flavio Cobolli in the round prior, but was unwilling to detail specifics about the true extent of what appeared to be a hip or upper-leg issue.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, it wasn\u2019t really a pleasant feeling on the court,\u201d said Djokovic, after his loss fifth-consecutive loss to Sinner<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to talk, in details, about my injury and just whine about not managing to play my best. I want to congratulate Jannik for another great performance. That\u2019s it. He\u2019s in the finals. He was too strong.<\/p>\n \u201cI do feel disappointed that I just wasn\u2019t able to move as well as I thought or hoped that I would.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just age, the wear and tear of the body. As much as I\u2019m taking care of it, the reality hits me right now, last year and a half, like never before, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n The Serbian superstar hasn\u2019t competed in Canada since 2018.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Sinner<\/a> \u2013 who recently lifted his first Wimbledon title \u2013 also made the decision to skip the event, where he is a former champion (2023).<\/p>\n Whilst the world\u2019s best player looked in scintillating form for much of the grass-court Grand Slam, he did suffer from elbow discomfort during his fourth-round and quarter-final matches, wearing an arm sleeve for the remainder of the tournament.<\/p>\n Marcos Baghdatis scolds Goran Ivanisevic for harsh comments towards Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a><\/p>\n Tim Henman makes \u2018unfair\u2019 claim as he reflects on dominance of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz<\/a><\/p>\n Draper went one step further than the Serb and Italian, withdrawing from both the Canadian and Cincinnati Masters, but added that he expects to be ready for the final Grand Slam of the season.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter Wimbledon I picked up an injury in my left arm, nothing serious, but I have to make sure it recovers fully for the rest of the season,\u201d the British No 1 said on X.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, I won\u2019t be able to compete in Toronto and Cincinnati. See you in NYC!\u201d<\/p>\n Draper, most recently, crashed out in the second round of Wimbledon to Marin Cilic in a 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 match after reaching the last four at the ATP 500 event in Queen\u2019s.<\/p>\n Whilst the specifics of the arm issue aren\u2019t known, the drastic move to withdraw from both Masters 1000 events has led to growing speculation about what his preparation will, ultimately, look like.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev will lead the tournament as the top seeds, with Taylor Fritz, Lorenzo Musetti and Holger Rune also competing for the title from July 27 to August 7.<\/p>\n The post Canadian Masters suffers major blow as Novak Djokovic, Jack Draper, and Jannik Sinner withdrawals spark big injury concerns<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, and Jack Draper have sparked injury concerns after withdrawing from the upcoming Canadian Masters. Whilst withdrawals from the sixth Masters 1000 of the season are not rare \u2013 considering their place in the post-Wimbledon calendar \u2013 the latest news will be a significant blow for organisers. To make matters potentially trickier […]<\/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-748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748","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=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Latest ATP News<\/h3>\n