Australian Open 2023: Full checklist of injured gamers, harm issues forward of Grand Slam in Melbourne

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Australian Open 2023: Full checklist of injured gamers, harm issues forward of Grand Slam in Melbourne

The Australian Open, which begins with the qualifiers on Monday, has seen some massive names pulling out of the match or heading into the Grand Slam on the again of accidents.

Listing of notable gamers who've withdrawn from Australian Open 2023:

CARLOS ALCARAZ

Prime seed and World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz is the most important identify to withdraw from the Grand Slam. The Spaniard, who has had a dream run up to now few years on the ATP tour, took to social media to announce that he had damage himself “by an opportunity, unnatural motion in coaching”.

Alcaraz, who's the youngest man to complete a season at No. 1 because the ATP started to compile the computerised rankings, is dealing with a setback for the second time. He tore an stomach muscle in November throughout the Paris Masters.

NAOMI OSAKA

Two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, who slipped to 46 on this planet rankings, withdrew from the match on Sunday, a day earlier than the qualifiers began.

Osaka has not performed on the WTA tour since September 2022 when she gave a walkover within the second spherical of the Pan Pacific Open. In 2021, the US Open champion had taken a psychological well being break and stated she was battling despair.

VENUS WILLIAMS

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams was getting ready to play her twenty second Australian Open this yr however suffered an harm throughout the warm-up match, the ASB Traditional in New Zealand.

The 42-year-old former World No. 1, who's at the moment ranked exterior the highest 1000, was given a wildcard for the occasion, which was finally handed on to Australia’s Kimberly Birrell.

Prime gamers who face harm issues:

IGA SWIATEK

Reigning World No. 1 and Australian Open high seed Iga Swiatek withdrew from the Adelaide Open, a tune-up match earlier than the Australian Open, attributable to an harm to her shoulder.

Swiatek final performed the United Cup combined crew occasion, the place she misplaced to Jessica Pegula in straight units.

RAFAEL NADAL

Rafael Nadal would be the high seed on the Australian Open after the withdrawal of Alcaraz. Nonetheless, Nadal has had a series of harm issues within the latter half of 2022, the most important being his foot harm.

Nadal has for lengthy suffered from Mueller-Weiss syndrome , a uncommon foot situation characterised by a misshaped navicular bone and subsequent early onset of degenerative arthritis of the neighbouring joints.

Nadal additionally confronted an stomach tear throughout Wimbledon final yr, which led him to present Nick Kyrgios a walkover within the semifinals. Since then, he has misplaced within the spherical of 32 on the Cincinnati and Paris Masters, spherical of 16 on the US Open, group stage of the ATP finals and has suffered back-to-back defeats on the United Cup combined crew occasion.

Nadal would hope to defend his title however the host of harm issues could also be an obstacle.

NICK KYRGIOS

Kyrgios, who will likely be gunning for a Grand slam win at house on the Australian Open, withdrew from the Adelaide Worldwide attributable to an ankle harm. He didn't take part within the United Cup combined crew occasion as effectively, citing the identical harm. Nonetheless, his supervisor clarified there was “little doubt in any respect” that Kyrgios would characteristic on the opening Grand Slam of the yr when he spoke to the Australian media.

EMMA RADUCANU

Emma Raducanu, who received the US Open in 2021 with out dropping a set, hasn’t been capable of replicate that type since. She retired damage from the ASB Traditional in New Zealand this yr after rolling her ankle within the second spherical. Because the harm got here days earlier than the beginning of the Australian Open, her availability and match health stay uncertain.

Raducanu’s finest efficiency at a Grand Slam in 2022 was a second-round exit from the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. She confronted a first-round exit on the US Open final yr after shedding to Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-3.


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Publish date: 2023-01-09 14:38:16
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