By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Sunday, January 5, 2025
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Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova’s Australian Open is over earlier than it started.
Two-time main champion Krejcikova has withdrawn from the season’s first Grand Slam as a result of an ongoing again subject.
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“Hello everybody, I needed to share a fast replace concerning my withdrawal from the Australian Open. Sadly, my again damage, which troubled me on the finish of final season, continues to be not absolutely healed,” Krejcikova posted on social media. “It is actually disappointing as a result of I really like taking part in in Melbourne and have such nice recollections from reaching the quarterfinals final yr.
“Because of all of you to your assist. I am working onerous to get again to full well being, and I can not wait to see you on the courtroom quickly!”
World No. 10 Krejcikova, who was scheduled to be the tenth seed on the Australian Open, has not performed a match since bowing to Zheng Qinwen within the WTA Finals semifinals in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia final November. Krejcikova handed world No. 3 Coco Gauff her lone defeat en path to her maiden WTA Finals championship.
Katerina Siniakova and Krejcikova partnered to seize consecutive Australian Open doubles titles in 2022 and 2023.
Final July, Krejcikova transformed her third championship level defeating Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to seize her maiden Wimbledon singles championship.
It was the second Grand Slam singles championship within the final three years for the 2021 Roland Garros singles and doubles champion Krejcikova and it left her feeling “unbelievable.”
Krejcikova joins former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and former US Open finalist Karolina Pliskova in pulling out of Melbourne.
The 2025 Australian Open major draw is ready for January 12-Twenty sixth.
