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Tennis leader Schwiontek withdraws from Madrid tournament due to injury / Article

Schwiontek has not lost in 23 games in a row, which allowed the 20-year-old tennis player to win four tournaments, and in the first tournament in Madrid she would have to meet a qualified winner in the first round. Schwiontek went to Madrid, but was already convinced at the venue that he would not be able to play due to a right shoulder injury.

Madrid will host one of the most important clay tournaments of the season, where the winner will earn 1,000 rating points and the biggest prize pool from a prize pool of more than € 6.57 million. The first games in the main event are scheduled for Thursday, but the finals for women in both singles and doubles will take place on May 7.

It has already been reported that the first racket of Latvian tennis, Alona Ostapenko, will play against a competitor who has passed the qualification in the first round.

The tennis players have less than a month left until the second Grand Slam of the year – the French Open, which starts on May 22 in Paris. Probably because of the upcoming French Open, Schwiontek does not want to risk his health in order not to jeopardize his chances in the tournament in which he won the first Grand Slam of his career in 2020.

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