Aryna Sabalenka is not going to play on this 12 months’s Wimbledon. The Belarusian was imagined to play her first-round match on Monday afternoon, however simply hours earlier than she was scheduled to take to the court docket, she withdrew from the competitors. The reason being a shoulder damage that the world’s quantity three racket suffered in Berlin, which she was unable to recuperate from.
Aryna Sabalenka began the 2024 season in the very best approach. In January, she received the Australian Open, displaying Iga Świątek and different rivals that she could be harmful. Nonetheless, issues went a bit worse for her afterward. She didn’t even attain the ultimate in Indian Wells, Miami, or Stuttgart.
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Later she performed in Madrid and Rome, and in each of those European capitals she performed within the finals with Świątek. She misplaced each. The Pole jumped forward of her within the WTA rating, the place she was then additionally overtaken by Coco Gauff.
Simply earlier than Wimbledon, Sabalenka performed in Berlin. Nonetheless, in her second match she needed to retire. She injured her shoulder, which prevented her from enjoying any additional. Within the following days, she fought to get again to well being. Nonetheless, it was an exceptionally troublesome case, as a result of her damage was uncommon.
– I believe I am the second or third tennis participant to have ever injured this muscle. Essentially the most annoying factor is that I can do every thing. I can practice, I can hit from deep within the court docket. The one drawback is the serve. It is very irritating. You do not really feel such as you’re injured. In case you give me some weights, I will carry them. However when you inform me to serve, it will damage me – Sabalenka mentioned at a press convention in London.
Till the very finish, the Belarusian fought to get again into form. In the end, nonetheless, she misplaced the battle in opposition to time and on Monday, a couple of hours earlier than she was scheduled to exit on the court docket, she withdrew from the event.
“It’s with a damaged coronary heart that I’ve to inform you all that I won’t be able to play at Wimbledon. I’ve tried every thing to organize myself, however sadly my shoulder just isn’t cooperating. Immediately in coaching I gave it my all, however my group defined that enjoying will solely make it worse. This event means lots to me and I promise that subsequent 12 months I’ll come again stronger than ever,” the participant wrote on social media.
Sabalenka’s place within the event bracket will probably be taken by Erika Andreyeva.
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