Abu Dhabi already has substitutes for Raducanu, Thiem and Ruud

The Mubadala World Tennis Championship, an exhibition tournament held from November 16 to 18 in the city of the United Arab Emirates, He has seen how in the last hours several of his main rackets were low last minute due to various setbacks.

Despite the fact that the tournament keeps big names like Rafa Nadal, Andy Murray or Belinda Bencic on its bill, several tennis players have dropped out of the tournament. Britain’s Emma Raducanu, winner of the US Open, will not compete after testing positive for COVID-19. Nor will the Norwegian Casper Ruud, suffering from an injury. And the last tennis player to confirm his withdrawal was Austrian Dominic Thiem., which ensures that he is not yet at his best level to compete.

Faced with this situation, the organization of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship has already found several players who will replace these last minute casualties. In the case of Raducanu, he will be replaced by Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the great sensation of Arab tennis after his great 2021 season. For their part, the American Taylor Fritz and the British Daniel Evans will be in charge of making up for the casualties of Ruud and Thiem. in a tournament where the reappearance of Rafa Nadal stands out after his foot injury.