2023-04-24 21:27:41
Injured in the calf, the world n ° 4 Ons Jabeur announced Monday evening her package for the WTA 1000 in Madrid, of which she was the defending champion.
Another renowned package for the Madrid tournament! After Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, Matteo Berrettini, Belinda Bencic or even Karolina Pliskova, it’s Ons Jabeur, who is none other than the defending champion of the WTA 1000 tournament, to announce that she will not be going not in the Spanish capital. Forced to retire after three games in her long-awaited semi-final against Iga Swiatek in Stuttgart last Saturday, the Tunisian explained, in tears, that she suffered from calf pain and did not want to take risks for the rest of her season. .
His presence in Madrid then became very uncertain, and the ax fell on Monday: “I had medical examinations which showed that I had a small tear in my calf, and I will need more time to heal. I am sad to announce that I will not be able to defend my title this year in Madrid. I wish everyone an excellent tournament and I can’t wait to come back next year”, writes on her social networks the 28-year-old player, who is going through a difficult first third of the season, with in particular a knee injury and only two matches won between mid-January and the end of March.
Garcia in profit
It now remains to be seen whether she will be able to return in two weeks to Rome (where she reached the final in 2022), and of course whether she will be able to play at Roland-Garros, where she fell from the start last year against Magda Linette. In the meantime, Ons Jabeur will lose the 1000 points of their Madrid victory in 2022, which makes them fall three places in the virtual ranking, to reach seventh place. She could even find herself ninth in two weeks if all the results are against her. Caroline Garcia takes advantage of the misfortunes of the Tunisian to find herself fourth in the world virtually, and she therefore has a good chance of being among the four seeds at Roland-Garros (which would offer her a better draw), she who does not has not the slightest point to defend until Roland-Garros.
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