IF, a big one, they have put the correct 2024 draw on the website Andy will play Denis Shapavalov in R1 in Dubai. The isreali born Canadian has an entry through a protected ranking and has not been winning many matches lately. I assume he has been injured, hence the PR.
Shapovalov began feeling pain in his left knee while playing Daniil Medvedev in the final at Vienna in late October 2022. For months he did physiotherapy and cut back his practices, hoping to limit the impact on the knee, which had a tear in the patellar tendon, plus tendinitis, but he still kept competing, albeit rather unsuccessfully, then missed the rest of the 2023 season after losing in the fourth round of Wimbledon, although he did play a few doubles matches until the end of October. Started competing again in January.
