The tournament begins on Thursday, the same day as the end of the Masters event in Montreal, which Sinner also missed. “My right knee has been bothering me and even though we have been working hard with my medical team, I have to accept that I’m not ready to compete yet. World number one Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open due to a right knee injury, the Italian announced Sunday.
“After consulting with my doctors and my team, I have to announce that I need to withdraw from the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati,” he said in a statement posted on the ATP website.
Key Factors
The Cincinnati Open and Montreal Masters are the two principal warm-up events ahead of the final Grand Slam of the season, the US Open, which starts in New York on August 30. The pair disputed the US Open final last year, with the 23-year-old Spaniard emerging triumphant in four sets.
