Five-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 ranked Iga Swiatek has withdrawn from the 2024 National Bank Open due to fatigue, Tennis Canada announced on Friday.
Wimbledon champion and 10th-ranked Barbora Krejcikova and fourth-ranked Elena Rybakina have also withdrawn from the tournament. Krejcikova will not be travelling to Toronto due to a thigh injury and Rybakina has been sidelined with acute bronchitis, which also prevented her from representing her country of Kazakhstan at the Olympics.
Swiatek, who earned a bronze medal in Paris, is aiming to rest up for a run of tournaments in America, including the U.S. Open.
“I’m sorry to announce that due to overall fatigue caused by the last couple of weeks on the court I need to withdraw from the tournament in Toronto,” Swiatek said in Tennis Canada statement. “Due to an intense tennis schedule with the Olympics taking place this year and changing surfaces, I need more time to rest and recover in order to be ready to play the US swing in good health and at my best possible level. Looking forward to playing in Toronto next time!”
Tennis Canada announced that other main draw withdrawals included Jasmine Paolini (No. 5), Maria Sakkari (No. 8), Danielle Collins (No. 9), Marketa Vondrousova (No. 18) and Caroline Garcia (No. 26).
Sofia Kenin, 2020 Australian Open champion, and Sloane Stephens, 2017 U.S. Open champion, have both moved into the tournament’s main draw. Other notable names to gain entry include former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova, Zhang Shuai and Shelby Rogers.
