World No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain announced on Saturday that she is withdrawing from the Australian Open, where she was seeded No. 11, due to a thigh injury suffered last week in the quarterfinals. Adelaide 2 tournament finals.
“Bad news… I got injured during the quarter-final in Adelaide and according to the results (of the exams) I will be out for a few weeks,” the former world No. 2, 25, said on her account. Twitter.
Another package announced on Saturday, that of Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, 35th in the world, with a knee injury.
The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament, had already recorded several brand withdrawals in recent weeks: Carlos Alcaraz, world No. 1, and Marin Cilic (18th) among men, and Naomi Osaka, ex-world No. 1 who announced this week that she was pregnant, female.