World No. 4 Wawrinka withdraws from Rogers Cup due to nagging knee injury
MONTREAL — World No. 4 Stan Wawrinka is pulling out of the upcoming Rogers Cup in Montreal due to a knee injury that he says has been bothering him all season.
Wawrinka said on his Facebook page that he is missing the Rogers Cup and a following Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati until his knee is 100 per cent, possibly in time for the U.S. Open, where he is the defending champion.
He attempted to play with the sore knee at Wimbledon last month only to lose in the first round.
“After much backwards and forwards and consultations with my doctors and my team unfortunately I have decided to skip Canada and Cincinnati to be on the safe side even though I’ve been battling hard to make these events,” Wawrinka posted on Facebook.