Andy Murray out with knee injury

Andy Murray withdrew from the Rogers Cup ATP tennis event because of a knee injury on Thursday, the latest top player to pull out of the rain-delayed tournament.

The Olympic gold medallist hurt his left knee on Wednesday night during the opening match against Flavio Cipolla.

Murray was scheduled to face Canadian Milos Raonic in the third round on Thursday night.

“Normally when I move on to hard courts, I have 10 days or so practising and you feel things like this, but you can work around it by doing the right training and what not,” Murray said.

“I don’t want to go full out and possibly do any more damage. That was why I decided not to play.”

Murray, ranked fourth in the world, said he’s unsure whether he can play in Cincinnati next week or what his status is for the US Open.

“Over the next few days we’ll come up with a plan and strategy to either get myself ready for Cincinnati, or if not, then plan for the best way to prepare for the US Open,” Murray said.

“But today I won’t think about any strategies or whatever. It’ll just be about what’s the next move and where do we go from here.”

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal withdrew before the tournament began.

Raonic reached the quarterfinals for the first time in a Masters tournament.

“Obviously, it’s something that I was really looking forward to,” Raonic said about playing Murray.

“It’s an unpleasant thing, but at the same time it’s a good thing – it’s my first quarterfinal in a Masters and to be at home is pretty special.”

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic was set to play Sam Querrey on Thursday, but the match was delayed by steady drizzle.

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