{"id":2075428,"date":"2026-08-03T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2075428"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:30:01","slug":"cincinnati-open-withdrawal-list-emma-raducanu-among-5-stars-out-as-former-world-no-4-likely-to-join","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2075428","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Open withdrawal list: Emma Raducanu among 5 stars out as former world No 4 likely to join"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Cincinnati Open withdrawal list: Emma Raducanu among 5 stars out as former world No 4 likely to join<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a 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                  WTA stars Emma Raducanu and Victoria Mboko                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>The eyes of the tennis world are currently focused on the Washington DC Open and the Canadian Open, but the upcoming event in Cincinnati has already been hit with some withdrawals.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington DC Open, which is a combined ATP\/WTA 500 tournament, is set to conclude with the singles finals on Monday after rain delays on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Main draw action at the joint ATP\/WTA 1000 in Canada got underway on 1 August, and it will finish on 13 August \u2014 the same day that the Cincinnati Open will begin.<\/p>\n<p>The Cincinnati Open is the second combined 1000 tournament of the North American hard-court season and the last big event before the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition of the Cincinnati Open, which is staged at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, will finish on 23 August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Iga Swiatek are the reigning men\u2019s and women\u2019s singles champions in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/canadian-open-withdrawal-list-16-stars-out-sinner-djokovic-alcaraz-raducanu-sidelines\"><strong>Canadian Open withdrawal list: 16 stars OUT as more join Sinner, Djokovic, Alcaraz on sidelines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/atp-rankings-carlos-alcaraz-no-2-alexander-zverev-drops-rafael-jodar-9-denis-shapovalov-25\"><strong>ATP Rankings: Alcaraz at No 2 as Zverev drops, Jodar +9, Gea +45, Shapovalov +25<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Five players who were on the women\u2019s singles entry list have pulled out of Cincinnati, while there have been no withdrawals from the men\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Cincinnati Open withdrawal list<\/h2>\n<p>Victoria Mboko and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/emma-raducanu\">Emma Raducanu<\/a> have not played since the Queen\u2019s Club Championships due to injuries.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Victoria Mboko<\/strong> (world No 12) \u2013 replaced by Tamara Korpatsch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hailey Baptiste<\/strong> (world No 32) \u2013 replaced by Tatjana Maria<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacqueline Cristian<\/strong> (world No 39) \u2013 replaced by Maria Timofeeva<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Raducanu<\/strong> (world No 49) \u2013\u00a0replaced by Maya Joint<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lois Boisson<\/strong> (world No 292) \u2013 replaced by Kamilla Rakhimova<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Will Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic play?<\/h2>\n<p>Alcaraz has not played since sustaining a right wrist injury at the Barcelona Open in April, but he could make his long-awaited comeback in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>\u2018s last match was his Wimbledon semi-final defeat to Jannik Sinner, with the Serbian having skipped the Canadian Open.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-time Grand Slam winner has missed four of the last five editions of the Cincinnati Masters, but he has confirmed he will return this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very happy to announce that I will be in Cincinnati this year, for the first time since 2023,\u201d Djokovic said in a video shared on the official Cincinnati Open X account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat year I played one of the top three Masters 1000 finals of my career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really look forward to coming back, playing in front of you again, and seeing all the fans from around the world. See you soon!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Uncertainty over Holger Rune\u2019s participation<\/h2>\n<p>Holger Rune, who has been sidelined since October due to an Achilles injury, remains on the Cincinnati Open entry list.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Danish star\u2019s participation looks in doubt after his mother Aneke revealed it could be \u201ctwo or three weeks\u201d before he is ready to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot happening on the physical side at the moment,\u201d Aneke Rune told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spilxperten.com\/tennis\/holger-runes-lejr-deler-nyt-inden-imoedeset-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\">SpilXperten<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We had the specialist from Doha here about 10 days ago to share a lot of tips on explosive training \u2013 and it\u2019s really making a difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s getting faster and faster, so fundamentally our main focus now is to improve his tennis-specific endurance. That\u2019s why you can see him training with all that monitoring equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt could take two or three weeks \u2013 it\u2019s impossible to say right now. What we can say is that Holger is giving 100% every single day to make it happen as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jessica-pegula-comments-alex-eala-washington-dc-open-final\">Washington DC Open: Jessica Pegula reveals what is \u2018so tricky\u2019 about playing Alex Eala<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cincinnati Open withdrawal list: Emma Raducanu among 5 stars out as former world No 4 likely to join Ewan West 03 Aug 2026 5:30 PM WTA stars Emma Raducanu and Victoria Mboko The eyes of the tennis world are currently focused on the Washington DC Open and the Canadian Open, but the upcoming event in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2075428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2075428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2075428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2075428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2075428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}