I thought the recovery would be faster": Krejcikova reflects on her back injury that kept her away from the tour

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Jules Hypolite

le 19/05/2025 à 22h30

2 min to read

Krejcikova Roland Garros Strasbourg

Quietly, it was in Strasbourg that Barbora Krejcikova, absent from the WTA tour for six months due to a back injury, made her return. She lost in the first round to Magda Linette (6-3, 6-3).

For the WTA website, Krejcikova reflected on her time away and how she prepared for her comeback:

"Last year was very difficult with all the ups and downs. I feel good and I’m happy to be back. If I finish the week without back pain, it will be a good week. Last year, for two or three months, I was living with pain every day.

After Wimbledon, it got worse. In Asia, I had to withdraw because it was too much. I managed to push through the pain to play the WTA Finals in Riyadh. But in the end, I had to stop to solve the problem. That’s what I’ve been doing these past six months.

It was a tricky period because I thought the recovery would be faster. I was just waiting for the moment when I wouldn’t feel any pain. I told myself: 'I won’t play until I’ve eliminated the pain.'"

Krejcikova was then ready to return to training in early March, but a virus forced her to delay her comeback:

"It was tough because I felt comfortable with my shots. But I had to postpone it. So I only started playing points again two weeks ago.

It’s recent, but I’ve been training for a while and I wanted to give it a try. I want to play in Paris, so that’s why I entered here (in Strasbourg).