Canada's Milos Raonic withdrew from the Cinch Championships on Tuesday shortly before his scheduled first-round match at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament.
Raonic, who recently returned to the ATP Tour after an absence of nearly two years, was scheduled to play Australia's Jordan Thompson.
Reports indicate Raonic is nursing a right shoulder injury. Lucky loser Alexei Popyrin of Australia replaced him in the draw.
The severity of the shoulder issue and Raonic's status for Wimbledon in early July remain unclear. Messages left with the ATP Tour and Tennis Canada were not immediately returned.
Raonic, a former world No. 3, has battled a variety of injury problems over his career.
The 32-year-old right-hander from Thornhill, Ont., won his return match at the Libema Open in the Netherlands last week before falling to Thompson in the second round.
While playing at the Libema Open, Raonic said he isn't sure how long his return will be but he intends on play at Wimbledon and the National Bank Open.
“I don’t know how I will be in two days, I don’t know how I will be in two weeks,” Raonic said at the time. “Everything is one by one. I know even if I have a bunch of pain come my next match, I will step on court one more time to play Wimbledon and will step on court one more time to play Toronto. Doesn’t matter how much pain I’m in. … somebody would really have to tell me you’re risking a lot more than an athletic future, you’re risking something a lot bigger than that for me not to be able to play in those two events one more time.”
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