Tennis Canada – Toronto, July 19, 2016 – Tennis Canada announced Tuesday that world No. 3 Roger Federer and world No. 4 Rafael Nadal have withdrawn from Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto.
 
“I have made the tough decision to withdraw from Rogers Cup,” said Federer. “Toronto is one of my favourite events on the calendar and I am disappointed that I won’t be able to compete in front of the great tennis fans in Canada. Looking ahead, it is best for me that I take more time after Wimbledon. I look forward to coming back to Canada next year and I wish Karl Hale and everyone at Tennis Canada a very successful tournament.”
 
Nadal has not played since withdrawing from the French Open after sustaining a wrist injury.

“I am disappointed to announce I won’t be able to come to Toronto to play this year,” said Nadal.  “I only started practicing a week ago after my wrist injury and I am not ready to play such an important event. I am very much looking forward to playing in Toronto in a couple of years since I have always been treated great in that tournament and have a lot of great Canadian fans.” 

“Roger and Rafa are two of the most popular players in the world and not having them in Toronto is extremely unfortunate,” said tournament director Karl Hale. “But with current world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Canadian star Milos Raonic confirmed for Toronto, along with a host of other top ATP players, the calibre of tennis and entertainment will be world-class.”

Due to these withdrawals, Canada’s Vasek Pospisil will now gain direct entry into the main draw instead of using the wild card position he was initially granted. Final wild card spots will be announced on Wednesday.
 
An updated player list for Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto can be found below:  
 
Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Toronto Player List
*rankings as of July 18, 2016
 

	PLAYER	COUNTRY	RANKING
1	Novak Djokovic	SRB	1
2	Stan Wawrinka	SUI	5
3	Kei Nishikori	JPN	6
4	Milos Raonic	CAN	7
5	Tomas Berdych	CZE	8
6	Dominic Thiem	AUT	9
7	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	FRA	10
8	David Goffin	BEL	11
9	Marin Cilic	CRO	12
10	Roberto Bautista Agut	ESP	15
11	John Isner	USA	16
12	Gael Monfils	FRA	17
13	Nick Kyrgios	AUS	18
14	Bernard Tomic	AUS	19
15	Pablo Cuevas	URU	20
16	Feliciano Lopez	ESP	21
17	Lucas Pouille	FRA	22
18	Philipp Kohlschreiber	GER	23
19	Benoit Paire	FRA	24
20	Steve Johnson	USA	25
21	Jack Sock	USA	26
22	Alexander Zverev	GER	27
23	Martin Klizan	SVK	28
24	Sam Querrey	USA	29
25	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	ESP	31
26	Joao Sousa	POR	32
27	Kevin Anderson	RSA	33
28	Viktor Troicki	SRB	34
29	Ivo Karlovic	CRO	35
30	Gilles Muller	LUX	36
31	Alexandr Dolgopolov	UKR	37
32	Jeremy Chardy	FRA	38
33	Fabio Fognini	ITA	39
34	Grigor Dimitrov	BUL	40
35	Marcos Baghdatis	CYP	41
36	Andrey Kuznetsov	RUS	42
37	Federico Delbonis	ARG	43
38	Nicolas Mahut	FRA	44
39	Nicolas Almagro	ESP	45
40	Marcel Granollers	ESP	46
41	Borna Coric	CRO	53
42	Pablo Carreno Busta	ESP	56
43	Vasek Pospisil	CAN	98
44	Janko Tipsarevic	SRB	408 *
45	Special Exemption
46	Denis Shapovalov (WC)	CAN	371
47	Wild Card
48	Wild Card
49	Wild Card
50	Qualifier
51	Qualifier
52	Qualifier
53	Qualifier
54	Qualifier
55	Qualifier
56	Qualifier

*used a protected ranking of No. 39 to gain main draw entry
 
Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto will take place from July 23-31 at Aviva Centre on York University campus. For more information, please visit rogerscup.com.
 
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About Rogers Cup presented by National Bank
Rogers Cup presented by National Bank is a Tennis Canada owned and operated world-class tournament celebrating its 136th anniversary of the men’s event from July 23-31 at Aviva Centre in Toronto and its 124th anniversary of the women’s event from July 22-31 at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. As an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, Premier 5 WTA tournament and Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series event, Rogers Cup presented by National Bank will showcase the world’s best players. Rogers Cup presented by National Bank is the third-oldest title in tennis, behind only Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. For more information and tickets visit www.rogerscup.com.

About Tennis Canada
Founded in 1890, Tennis Canada is a non-profit, national sport association with a mission to lead the growth of tennis in Canada and a vision to become a world-leading tennis nation. We value teamwork, passion, integrity, innovation and excellence. Tennis Canada owns and operates the premier Rogers Cup presented by National Bank WTA and ATP World Tour events, 10 professional ITF-sanctioned events and financially supports 12 other professional tournaments in Canada. Tennis Canada operates national junior training centres/programs in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Tennis Canada is a proud member of the International Tennis Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the International Wheelchair Tennis Association, and serves to administer, sponsor and select the teams for Davis Cup, Fed Cup, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and all wheelchair, junior and senior national teams. Tennis Canada invests its surplus into tennis development. For more information on Tennis Canada, please visit our website at www.tenniscanada.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
 
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