Jannik Sinner, one less rival in Toronto

The “Canadian Masters 1000” loses a piece.

In fact, Pablo Carreño Busta will not be able to defend the title he won in 2022 in Montreal (this year it is being played in Toronto).

The Asturian who has not competed since February due to an elbow problem has made his forfeit official.

Meanwhile, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are, according to Goran Ivanisevic, the only two tennis players capable of holding up Novak Djokovic’s pace of play. The 2001 Wimbledon champion was not shy about expressing this thought during an interview with the Croatian portal ‘Sportske Novosti,’ listing a number of tennis players on the rise but promoting in particular the San Candido native and the Murcian.

“The generational change has been going on for six or seven years, it’s stupid to think that it’s a new story,” said Ivanisevic, who has been part of Novak Djokovic’s staff for several years. “Look at Medvedev, Rublev, Khachanov, Shapovalov, Auger-Aliassime, Rune, they’ve been on the circuit for a long time already. Less long there have been Alcaraz and Sinner, but they have not been in the business since yesterday-the former is history in itself, Sinner is the only one who can threaten him at the US Open, along with Novak.”

That between Alcaraz and Sinner, Ivanisevic continued, “is an interesting rivalry. All their matches are balanced, tense. That’s why I say there is no one who can hold out for so long against Alcaraz except Sinner and Djokovic. The others have to be able to withstand Alcaraz’s pace if they don’t want to put their rackets in their duffle bags and go home.”