{"id":2123166,"date":"2026-09-01T19:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2123166"},"modified":"2026-09-01T19:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:30:30","slug":"the-atp-tour-issue-strong-response-as-us-open-mens-withdrawal-list-hits-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2123166","title":{"rendered":"The ATP Tour issue strong response as US Open men&#8217;s withdrawal list hits 14"},"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\">The ATP Tour issue strong response as US Open men\u2019s withdrawal list hits 14<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/liam-mcmillen\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br 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!text-content\">\n                                Jannik Sinner reacts during a match                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>The US Open has been hit with mass withdrawals at this year\u2019s Grand Slam as the debate surrounding the hectic schedule rumbling on.<\/p>\n<p>23 names are missing from the US Open entry list, with many of the top stars on the ATP Tour opting not to play the New York event this year.<\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner leads the withdrawals due to a knee injury and he has been joined by the likes of Joao Fonseca, Jack Draper, Marin Cilic, and Casper Ruud.<\/p>\n<p>Thanasi Kokkinaki became the 14th man to withdraw from the event and it has seen the ATP Tour issues an official response to what is now being called a crisis.<\/p>\n<h2>More US Open news<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-us-open-comeback-shocking-very-fortunate-greg-rusedski\">Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s US Open comeback win sparks \u2018shocking\u2019 comment from Grand Slam finalist<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/john-mcenroe-radical-tennis-rule-change-us-open-carlos-alcaraz\">John McEnroe calls for tennis rule to be \u2018abolished immediately\u2019 at US Open \u2013 and Carlos Alcaraz won\u2019t agree<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a response to <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/tennis\/video\/33733\/13579950\/us-open-why-are-so-many-players-withdrawing-due-to-injury\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports Tennis,<\/a> the governing body said: \u201cProfessional tennis is physically demanding and injuries are rarely attributable to a single factor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery case has its own context, shaped by factors including a player\u2019s medical and injury history, match and training load, travel, surface transitions, recovery and playing conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/ATP-Tour\">ATP Tour<\/a> seem to think a number of factors are the cause for the mass amount of injuries ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> this year, legendary tennis coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/patrick-mouratoglou\">Patrick Mouratoglou<\/a> has outlined the two factors he believes are the cause.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky Sports Tennis, the French coach said: \u201cThere are many more injuries and this year particularly. I think the two major problems are the change of balls and the body having to adapt not only to the surfaces, not only to the weather conditions, but also the balls and some are heavier, some are softer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is harming the body. The second one I can think of is the fact that now the surfaces are much slower than 20 years ago, which pushes the player to play longer rallies, hit the ball harder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo hit winners now you have to really go for it and, if you look at the new generation, all of them are hitting the ball extremely hard \u2013 and most of them are injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several players have complained about the balls this season on both the ATP and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/WTA-Tour\">WTA Tour<\/a>, including the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/emma-raducanu\">Emma Raducanu<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Daniil-medvedev\">Daniil Medvedev<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The US Open is the only Grand Slam on the calendar where the men and women play with different balls too.<\/p>\n<p>The women play with a more traditional ball, which most of the North American hardcourt swing plays with, while the men play with a heavier ball at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>What players have consistently called for, however, it a consistent ball that is played with throughout the entirety of the 10-month season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ATP Tour issue strong response as US Open men\u2019s withdrawal list hits 14 Liam McMillen 01 Sep 2026 8:30 PM Jannik Sinner reacts during a match The US Open has been hit with mass withdrawals at this year\u2019s Grand Slam as the debate surrounding the hectic schedule rumbling on. 23 names are missing from [&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-2123166","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\/2123166","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=2123166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2123166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2123166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2123166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}