Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime has pulled out of the upcoming Ultimate Tennis Showdown with an injury.
The UTS announced Auger-Aliassime's withdrawal Wednesday on its Twitter feed. Details of the 19-year old Montreal native's injury were not provided.
Auger-Aliassime will be replaced by Spain's Feliciano Lopez at the event.
The UTS is set to start Saturday in Nice, France, at the tennis academy of Patrick Mouratoglou, the coach of Serena Williams.
Auger-Aliassime was scheduled to open against 20-year-old Australian Alexei Popyrin.
The independent UTS is being pitched as a return to competitive tennis after the ATP and WTA professional tours were suspended in March because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
with files from (The Canadian Press)