Posted by Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday January 11, 2025
11 Grand Slam champions competed within the girls’s singles event on the Australian Open, however solely one in all them – the 2023 Wimbledon champion. Marketa Vondrousov – was a final minute withdrawal.
Vondrousova introduced the information on Monday in Melbourne, the place she was changed by Harriet Dart from Nice Britain within the drawing.
Dart entered to face Croatian participant Jana Fett.
Marketa Vondrousova, who has performed 1.5 matches since Wimbledon (final week in Adelaide), withdraws #AusOpen minutes earlier than his first spherical match.Fortunate loser Harriet Dart stepped in to play Janna Fett. pic.twitter.com/6wAo64apnK
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) January 13, 2025
“It’s heartbreaking to withdraw from the Australian Open due to the damage I obtained in Adelaide,” Vondrousova wrote on social media. “I used to be trying ahead to this event however life comes first. Thanks to your help and I hope to see you in court docket quickly.”
The 25-year-old Czech underwent shoulder surgical procedure in 2024, however his damage is presently in his higher leg. She left her spherical of 16 match final week in tears after withdrawing as a result of damage towards Diana Shnaider.
In Melbourne he was seen coaching with heavy ropes tied round his thigh, however he couldn’t get match sufficient to compete.
The previous Wimbledon champion misplaced within the first spherical of her title protection to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. He turned the primary defending champion to lose within the first spherical of his Wimbledon title protection since 1994.
