Sabalenka 'not 100%' certain for Wimbledon due to 'rare' injury

Published by TennisTemple.com Rédaction, Saturday 06/29/24 15:21

Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka said Saturday she is "not 100%" certain of playing her first round Wimbledon match due to a "really rare" shoulder injury.

Sabalenka, a two-time semi-finalist at the All England Club, had to quit her quarter-final match against Anna Kalinskaya in Berlin last week due to the problem.

"I'm not 100% fit now," admitted the 26-year-old Belarusian who is due to face 106th-ranked Emina Bektas of the United States in the first round on Monday.

"We're doing everything we can with my team to make sure I'll be able to play my first match here. But, no, I'm not 100% ready."

When asked if there was a chance she may withdraw on Monday, she said: "There is always a chance, yeah."

Sabalenka said her doctors had told her that she was "just the second or the third tennis player who injured the (shoulder) muscle".

"It's really a specific injury, and it's really a rare one."

Meanwhile, Sabalenka defended her decision to skip the Paris Olympics which she made the week after her defeat to Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva in the last-eight of the French Open.

She said she made the choice to prioritise her health, wary of switching back to the clay courts of Roland Garros, where the Olympics tennis event is played.

"I decided to sacrifice the Olympics for my career, for my health," said Sabalenka.

"I really hope that I'll be able to play the next Olympics."
Source: AFP

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Dave S. il y a 8 heures

I remember the 2017 match between Federer and Nadal a little differently. While it was played at a high level for most of the match, Nadal had turned the momentum in his favor and it was looking like he had the match in hand. Then Federer faked injury. Nadal concerned about Federer backed off his game. Then Federer turned it back on and Nadal realized he had been scammed, got angry and lost his game. In my mind Nadal should have won. As huge fan of Federer, it was a big let down to watch him digress to feigning injury when he got desperate because he couldn't break Nadal's momentum with his game. The momentum then shifted back to Federer and he won the match. And as a huge fan of Nadal, it was big let down for him not to compose himself and get back in the match. But playing mind games has been part of the game probably forever, it just wasn't seen by the top players very often. Unfortunately it's become more common.

SH321 il y a 8 heures

Have a redo next year Andy, recover this year

bogbot.tc il y a 14 heures

Inspiring!!

Paddy P il y a 1 jour

Personally I still think Murray would be best just playing Olympics then pulling out of the rest of the year and trying to have a redo of the goodbye tour next year

bogbot.tc il y a 2 jours

Not that he was facing that stiff of competition, but after winning Eastbourne I wonder if Fritz, seeded 13th, actually has a better chance at going deep into W than 4th seed Zverev.

SH321 il y a 2 jours