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Ferrer comes in as injured Raonic pulls out of Finals
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CANADA’S Milos Raonic has withdrawn from the ATP Tour Finals in London due to injury and been replaced by Spain’s David Ferrer.
The 23-year-old lost his first two round-robin matches at the season-ending tournament to Roger Federer and Andy Murray.
“I am sad to announce that I have to withdraw from the rest of this competition, due to a low grade tear in my quad. It was a hard decision,” Raonic said on Twitter.
“You, the fans, deserve a great show, and I wouldn’t step out if I couldn’t. I am sorry for the fans. I will do everything to be here next year.”
Raonic, the first Canadian singles player to qualify for the showpiece event, has been replaced by Ferrer and the Spaniard was to play Japan’s Kei Nishikori later.
On Wednesday, Novak Djokovic moved within touching distance of ending the year as the world No. 1 after crushing Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 6-0.
Djokovic needs to win all three of his Group A matches to ensure he will hold off Federer in the race for first place and the Serb secured the second of those victories with a ruthless 65-minute rout at London’s O2 Arena.
The reigning Wimbledon champion will be guaranteed top spot if he beats Tomas Berdych today in a match he also has to win to be certain of making the last four at the prestigious season-ending event.
Wawrinka’s loss means the Swiss world No. 4 needs to defeat US Open winner Marin Cilic, thrashed 3-6, 1-6 by Berdych earlier on Wednesday, to have a chance of making the last four.
After demolishing Cilic for the loss of two games on Monday, Djokovic has lost only five games during his first two matches.
Djokovic has won his last 29 indoor matches, including 12 in a row at the Tour Finals, and he remains on course to become the first player since Ivan Lendl in the 1980s to win the Tour Finals three years in a row.
“It was a great match, no question. The opening three games were quite long but after that I managed to get back in the first set,” Djokovic said. “I swung through my shots and he made a lot of unforced errors. He wasn’t close to his best and I succeeded very well with what I wanted to do.”
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