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FEDERER PULLS OUT OF ROGERS CUP PRESENTED BY NATIONAL BANK

Due to withdrawal, Milos Raonic moves into seeded position in Toronto

Toronto, August 3, 2012 – Tennis Canada announced Friday that world No. 1 Roger Federer has withdrawn from Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto.

"I am very disappointed that I have to withdraw from Toronto as I love the city and the Canadian fans are amazing. I have always enjoyed playing there but after a long stretch of tournaments, I will need some time to recover,” said Federer. "I look forward to coming back to Canada next year."

Due to Federer’s withdrawal, Canada’s Milos Raonic now moves into the No. 16 seed position and will receive a first-round bye. The draw to determine first-round match-ups will take place on Saturday.

An updated player list for Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto is below:

1. DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB
2. MURRAY, Andy GBR
3. TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA
4. BERDYCH, Tomas CZE
5. TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB
6. DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG
7. MONACO, Juan ARG
8. ISNER, John USA
9. SIMON, Gilles FRA
10. CILIC, Marin CRO
11. FISH, Mardy USA
12. KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER
13. NISHIKORI, Kei JPN
14. GASQUET, Richard FRA
15. MAYER, Florian GER
16. RAONIC, Milos CAN
17. DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr UKR
18. STEPANEK, Radek CZE
19. GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP
20. SEPPI, Andreas ITA
21. LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP
22. TROICKI, Viktor SRB
23. YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS
24. BENNETEAU, Julien FRA
25. ANDERSON, Kevin RSA
26. HAAS, Tommy GER
27. MELZER, Jurgen AUT
28. ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP
29. BERLOCQ, Carlos ARG
30. NALBANDIAN, David ARG
31. BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP
32. CHARDY, Jeremy FRA
33. TOMIC, Bernard AUS
34. LACKO, Lukas SVK
35. BOGOMOLOV, JR., Alex RUS
36. YOUNG, Donald USA
37. KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ
38. LU, Yen-Hsun TPE
39. SPECIAL EXEMPT
40. DANCEVIC, Frank (WILD CARD) CAN
41. POLANKSY, Peter (WILD CARD) CAN
42. POSPISIL, Vasek (WILD CARD) CAN
43. QUALIFIER
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