Ajla Tomljanovic and Paula Badosa pulled out of the Australian Open due to knee and thigh injuries. Tomljanovic defeated Serena Williams in the US Open last year.
Their exits will allow Leolia Jeanjean and Laura Pigosi – two players who lost in qualifying – to move into the main draw at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, which begins on Monday (Sunday night EST).
Tomljanovic, currently ranked 35, wrote on Twitter: “I’ve done absolutely everything in my power to get healthy, but it’s time to recover and be 100 percent ready to compete at a high level.” ran out of.”
She reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2022. Her 7-5 6-7(4) 6-1 victory over Williams – who announced before the start of play at Flushing Meadows that she was ready to walk away from her playing career. – Put Tomljanovic in the fourth round for the first time in New York.
Badosa, who is ranked as high as No. 2, pulled out of the semi-finals at the Adelaide International tournament this week after injuring his thigh.
Top women players will be under watch
inga swotek
Rank: 1
Career-best ranking: 1
Country: Poland
Age: 21
2022 record: 67-9
2022 Titles: 8
Career Titles: 11
Grand Slam Titles: 3 — French Open (2: 2020, 2022), US Open (1: 2022)
Last 5 Australian Opens: 2022-Semi-final loss, 2021-4th round loss, 2020-4, 2019-2, 2018-Did not play
jabur
- Rank: 2
- Career-best ranking: 2
- Country: Tunisia
- Age: 28
- 2022 record: 47-17
- 2022 Title: 2
- Career Title: 3
Grand Slam Titles: None — Best: Runner-up, Wimbledon (2022), US Open (2022)
Last 5 Australian Opens: 2022-DNP, 2021-2nd, 2020-QF, 2019-1st, 2018-1st
jessica pegula
- Rank: 3
- Career-best ranking: 3
- Country: United States
- Age: 28
- 2022 record: 42-21
- 2022 Title: 1
- Career Title: 2
Grand Slam Titles: None — Best: QF, Australian Open (2021, 2022), French Open (2022), US Open (2022)
Last 5 Australian Opens: 2022-QF, 2021-QF, 2020-1LA, 2019-DNP, 2018-DNP
Caroline Garcia
- Rank: 4
- Career-best ranking: 4
- Country: France
- Age: 29
- 2022 record: 43-20
- 2022 Title: 4
- Career Titles: 11
Grand Slam Titles: None — Best: SF, US Open (2022)
Last 5 Australian Opens: 2022-1, 2021-2, 2020-2, 2019-3rd, 2018-4th
Maria Sakkari
- Rank: 6
- Career-best ranking: 3
- Country: Greece
- Age: 27
- 2022 record: 40-23
- 2022 Title: Zero
- Career Title: 1
Grand Slam Titles: None — Best: SF, French Open (2021), US Open (2021)
Last 5 Australian Opens: 2022-4th, 2021-1st, 2020-4th, 2019-2nd, 2018-1st
Coco Gauff
- Rank: 7
- Career-best ranking: 4
- Country: United States
- Age: 18
- 2022 record: 38-22
- 2022 Title: Zero
- Career Title: 3
Grand Slam Titles: None — Best: Runner-up, French Open (2022)
Last 5 Australian Opens: 2022-1st, 2021-2nd, 2020-4th, 2019-DNP, 2018-DNP
The contest is scheduled to run till January 29.
(Inputs PTI)