Novak Djokovic is not going to play the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Toronto subsequent month as a consequence of fatigue, it was introduced Sunday.
Every week in the past, the 36-year-old Serbian misplaced an exhilarating five-set Wimbledon ultimate to world primary Carlos Alcaraz.
“I’ve all the time loved my time in Canada, however after talking with my workforce, we imagine that is the appropriate determination to make,” Djokovic mentioned in an announcement. “I actually hope I can come again to Canada and Toronto within the years to come back to play in entrance of massive followers there.”
American Christopher Eubanks will exchange Djokovic in the principle draw. Eubanks is coming off a shock quarter-final at Wimbledon, the place he beat No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and No. 12 seed Cam Norrie en path to the final eight.
Toronto’s Sobeys Stadium will host the boys’s nationwide tennis championship workforce August 3-13. The ladies’s workforce might be on the IGA stadium in Montreal on the similar time.
The Related Press & Reuters contributed to this report.
