Canada’s Denis Shapovalov withdraws from National Bank Open with knee injury

Aug 1, 2023 | 11:32 AM

TORONTO — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov is withdrawing from the National Bank Open in Toronto due to a knee injury, Tennis Canada announced Tuesday.

The 24-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., has not played since reaching the Round of 16 at Wimbledon on July 9.

Tennis Canada also announced that Australia’s Nick Kyrgios and Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta confirmed their withdrawals from the tournament, which runs from Saturday through Aug. 13.

Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori, American J.J. Wolf and Japan’s Kei Nishikori with receive automatic entry into the main draw as a result. Nishikori, however, withdrew from the Citi DC Open on Tuesday.