Jul 30, 2024; Paris, France; Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) celebrates after defeating Elina Svitolina (UKR) throughout a 3rd spherical tennis match throughout the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer time Video games at Stade Roland Garros. Necessary Credit score: Kirby Lee-Imagn Photographs Wimbledon champion and World No. 10 Barbora Krejcikova withdrew from the upcoming Australian Open on Sunday resulting from a again drawback.
Additionally on Sunday, former World No. 1 gamers Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic additionally withdrew from the match.
“Hello everybody, I needed to share a fast replace relating to my withdrawal from the Australian Open,” Krejcikova, a Czech, wrote on social media. “Sadly, my again harm, which troubled me on the finish of final season, continues to be not absolutely healed. It is actually disappointing as a result of I like enjoying in Melbourne and have such nice recollections from reaching the quarterfinals final yr.”
Krejcikova, 29, will probably be changed within the draw by Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain.
Wozniacki, the 2018 Australian Open champion, withdrew from the upcoming match for unspecified causes. She was changed within the draw by Yuliia Starodubtseva of Ukraine, whereas Canada’s Rebecca Marino took the spot of Pliskova.
The primary draw of the Australian Open runs from Jan. 12-26.
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