Tennis: Raonic withdraws from Cincinnati with sore wrist
Milos Raonic withdrew from the ATP Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday with a left wrist injury.
CINCINNATI (AFP) - World number 10 Milos Raonic of Canada withdrew from the ATP Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday with a left wrist injury, joining a list of high-profile absentees at the US Open tuneup.
Raonic blamed the sore wrist for his first-match loss last week in Montreal to France s Adrian Mannarino.
"My wrist injury has not healed," Raonic said. "I always play well in Cincinnati and will miss the great fans."
The 2016 Wimbledon runner-up becomes the latest in an all-star lineup to skip the US Midwest hardcourt classic with the year s final Grand Slam event less than two weeks away.
Other men s stars missing this week include Roger Federer due to a sore back, world number one Andy Murray with a hip injury, Novak Djokovic, out for the year with an elbow injury, and Stan Wawrinka, missing the rest of the season with a knee injury, as well as ninth-ranked Kei Nishikori and 2016 Cincinnati champion Marin Cilic.
On the women s side, Serena Williams is absent while pregnant and Maria Sharapova, who received a US Open wildcard on Tuesday, is sidelined by a forearm injury.
