{"id":42008,"date":"2026-08-10T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42008"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:23:29","slug":"sinner-withdraws-from-cincinnati-open-with-knee-injury-ahead-of-us-open","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sinner-withdraws-from-cincinnati-open-with-knee-injury-ahead-of-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinner withdraws from Cincinnati Open with knee injury ahead of US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World number one Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open with a right knee \u200binjury, tournament organisers said on Sunday, handing the \u200cItalian a blow in his preparations for this month&#8217;s US Open.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Italian, who claimed his fifth Grand Slam title \u200bat Wimbledon in July, had also pulled out of \u200bthe Canadian Open, a key warm-up event for \u2060the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner won the Cincinnati title in \u200b2024 and finished runner-up to seven-times Grand Slam champion \u200bCarlos Alcaraz there last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After consulting with my doctors and my team, I have to announce that I need to withdraw \u200bfrom the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati,&#8221; Sinner \u200bsaid in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My right knee has been bothering me and \u200ceven \u2060though we have been working hard with my medical team, I have to accept that I&#8217;m not ready to compete yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very disappointed not to be \u200bable to \u200bplay in \u2060Cincinnati. I can&#8217;t wait to be back next year and I&#8217;m now focusing on \u200bgetting ready for the US Open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sinner&#8217;s withdrawal \u200bfurther \u2060depletes the field in Cincinnati, with US Open champion Alcaraz also sidelined by a wrist injury.<br \/>\nThe Cincinnati Open main \u2060draw \u200bbegins on August 13, while \u200bthe US Open main draw gets under way on August 30.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14834,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-42008","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Sinner won the Cincinnati title in \u200b2024 and finished runner-up to seven-times Grand Slam champion.","published_date":"","news_description":"Sinner won the Cincinnati title in \u200b2024 and finished runner-up to seven-times Grand Slam champion.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42011,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42008\/revisions\/42011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=42008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}