Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga replace Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner for ATP Rotterdam event

Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga have both been granted a Rotterdam wildcard to replace Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner for the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. Medvedev suffered an agonising five-set defeat to Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final, with the world No 2 leading by two sets before the Spaniard’s comeback sealed Grand Slam No 21.

Ad/> «Unfortunately I will not play in Rotterdam this year,” Medvedev said. TennisDjokovic's Covid tests were not falsified — Serbian authoritiesAN HOUR AGO “I just got back from Australia and am not ready to compete.

Rotterdam is one of the favourite stops on the Tour and Richard does a great job for the players there. I look forward to coming back in the future.” Rotterdam’s tournament director Richard Krajicek, the 1996 Wimbledon champion, had said they were hopeful Medvedev would change his mind on competing – but the tournament in the Netherlands falls to soon for the Russian.

»We were still hopeful that Daniil Medvedev would come back to his earlier statement that he did not want to play another tournament so soon after the lost Australian Open final, but unfortunately he has not lost that feeling yet,” Krajicek said. /> “Fortunately, we were able to secure another Grand Slam winner at the last minute with Andy Murray.” Djokovic's Covid tests were not falsified — Serbian authorities '21 not enough' — Nadal expects his Grand Slam record to be beaten Nadal snubbed by Laureus Awards as Djokovic nominated — Raducanu and Daley included too Murray won the event in Rotterdam back in 2009, beating Nadal in the final, and he receives a wild card for the tournament which starts on Saturday.