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Top-Ranked Jannik Sinner Pulls Out of Paris Masters Citing a Virus

Italy's Jannik Sinner looks on during the awards ceremony after his final tennis match against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in the "6 Kings Slam" exhibition tournament in Riyadh on October 19, 2024. (AFP)
Italy's Jannik Sinner looks on during the awards ceremony after his final tennis match against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in the "6 Kings Slam" exhibition tournament in Riyadh on October 19, 2024. (AFP)
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Top-Ranked Jannik Sinner Pulls Out of Paris Masters Citing a Virus

Italy's Jannik Sinner looks on during the awards ceremony after his final tennis match against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in the "6 Kings Slam" exhibition tournament in Riyadh on October 19, 2024. (AFP)
Italy's Jannik Sinner looks on during the awards ceremony after his final tennis match against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in the "6 Kings Slam" exhibition tournament in Riyadh on October 19, 2024. (AFP)

Top-seeded Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the Paris Masters, citing a virus.

The Italian player, who is guaranteed to finish the year as No. 1, said in a message relayed by organizers that he is not able to play this week.

“I came very early here to prepare then I fell sick, I'm having a virus at the moment, which is going to pass the next two-three days, so bodywise I'm not ready to compete,” Sinner said.

Sinner is the second high-profile player to pull out of the final Masters 1000 event of the year following seven-time champion Novak Djokovic.

Sinner earlier this month beat Djokovic in straight sets to win the Shanghai Masters, giving the Italian his tour-leading seventh title of the season. Sinner became the first man to win more than six titles in a season since Andy Murray won nine in 2016.

The victory for Sinner came after he lost the final of the China Open in Beijing to Carlos Alcaraz and amid an ongoing doping case.

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Neale Fraser, Australia's Long-time Davis Cup Captain, Dies at 91

FILE - Ashley Cooper, left, holds the winner's trophy and poses with Neale Fraser after winning the men's singles championship in Wimbledon, July 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Ashley Cooper, left, holds the winner's trophy and poses with Neale Fraser after winning the men's singles championship in Wimbledon, July 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File)
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Neale Fraser, Australia's Long-time Davis Cup Captain, Dies at 91

FILE - Ashley Cooper, left, holds the winner's trophy and poses with Neale Fraser after winning the men's singles championship in Wimbledon, July 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Ashley Cooper, left, holds the winner's trophy and poses with Neale Fraser after winning the men's singles championship in Wimbledon, July 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File)

Neale Fraser, who won three Grand Slam singles titles and guided Australia to four Davis Cup titles during a 24-year career as team captain, has died at 91.

Tennis Australia released a statement Tuesday saying the sport “has lost one of its giants.”

Fraser beat Australian tennis great Rod Laver to win Wimbledon in 1960, in between sweeps at the US Open where he won the singles, men’s doubles and mixed titles in 1959 and ’60. He won 11 major men's doubles titles, including at least two at each of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

He helped Australia win four consecutive Davis Cup titles as a player and rejected lucrative offers to turn professional in a bid to succeed Harry Hopman as the national team captain, The Associated Press reported.
“That ambition was fulfilled in 1970 and he remained in the position until 1993, helming 24 Davis Cup campaigns during which Australia won the title four times,” Tennis Australia said. “Generations of players were inspired by his leadership including John Newcombe, John Fitzgerald and Pat Cash.”
Fraser was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1984. In 2008 Fraser was awarded the International Tennis Federation's Philippe Chatrier Award for outstanding achievement in the sport.