New heavyweight forfeit, so for Sinner it seems to be all decided already. Blue tennis player ready to take back the stage.
There has been no shortage of controversy. An understatement to put it that way given what was unleashed immediately after Sinner officially withdrew from the Paris Olympics due to tonsillitis. But the Italian tennis player has already left for the United States to train as best he can and thus prepare for the upcoming tournaments.
The upcoming one is the Masters 1000 in Montreal, Canada. Where Sinner, barring any sensational twists and turns that are not on the horizon, is expected to participate. And there is big news: the withdrawal of Novak Djokovic, who is currently committed to the Olympics. The Serb, who is not looking great, will not participate in the weeklong tournament and therefore will not be able to defend his title in any way. And that opens the door for Sinner, who as explained by tennisworlditalia.com, will be the number one seed.
Djokovic’s forfeit opens the door for Sinner
Sinner then will lead the main draw of the event, and the fact that he does not have Parisian fatigues on him undoubtedly pushes him to be the favorite. Also because the surface is the right one to his characteristics: on cement Jannik excelles and could give us great satisfaction.
At the Montreal tournament, at the moment, there are sixteen seeded players (below you can see the ranking), but it is not certain at the moment that all of them will be there. Especially that Alcaraz, behind the Italian, who is in the running for an Olympic gold medal. There, he too may make a major decision, namely not to show up. We will see what happens.
Here, at the moment, are the 16 seeded players:
Jannik Sinner
Carlos Alcaraz
Alexander Zverev
Daniil Medvedev
Andrey Rublev
Hubert Hurkacz
Casper Ruud
Alex de Minaur
Grigor Dimitrov
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Taylor Fritz
Tommy Paul
Ben Shelton
Holger Rune
Hugh Humbert
Felix Auger-Aliassime