Cameron Norrie and Marketa Vondrousova's injury woes continued, both withdraw from US Open
ATPFriday, 16 August 2024 at 22:43
With the US Open starting on August 26, withdrawals have begun to flood in ahead of the draw taking place at the end of next week. Both Cameron Norrie and Marketa Vondrousova will not play any part in proceedings withdrawing on Friday night.
Francisco Comesana and Petra Martic move into the men's and women's draws respectively. Lloyd Harris and Nao Hibino are the first players out of the main draws.
Norrie in particular suffered a forearm injury which hasn't recovered as he had hoped and it is the latest damning injury for the Brit. The same can be said for Vondrousova who was off colour at Wimbledon after getting injured in the weeks leading up.
She also then missed the Olympics due to injury with the writing firmly on the wall and she has now withdrawn. This year prior Karolina Muchova was the Czech player with injury issues and now the baton seems to have been passed onto Vondrousova.
"I have been working hard to get my body to full health - unfortunately my forearm injury is not recovering as soon as I would have hoped. Therefore I will not be able to compete in this year’s US Open. I’ll take some rest and recharge. Can’t wait to get back to competing like a dog," said Norrie on Instagram.
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- Done, looks good!
AceOfBase17-09-2024 - FYI: The term 'snub' is a much overused verb by writers of sensationalist rags. [SNUB: rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully]. That is not the definition of what is going on with frequent withdrawals from tournaments.
mandoist16-09-2024 - No offence, Mr. Lloyd, but where have you been the past two years?? How long have you been a tennis fan? This 'article' may be informative for newbies or fair-weather tennis observers but the majority of fans know the root of the multiple issues within WTA. The #1 issue being the subject of health & well-being which has been (or has attempted to be) addressed with the WTA Elitist council members last season. WTA was extremely dismissive of players' concerns and opposed to such a meeting. Eventually giving-in due to publicity and allowed selective players only -- no rep's, no medical personnel, and no team members. The meeting was a farce as WTA soon after that released an even more hectic schedule... with mandatory tourneys! Guess they weren't taking notes?? BTW: There is a lot missing from this piece concerning "withdrawals". No writer has yet taken the jump to get behind the scenes and dig at the problems -- obvious organizational problems. IMO, the top two issues are WTA's lack of proper attention to health & well-being of its Money-Makers; and Financial Greed. Tip to Mr. Lloyd: there is no "snubbing" when these players withdraw. These women have to take such measures as withdrawing from a tourney, and occasional time-off from the circuit, to protect themselves -- because WTA refuses to take any measures at all (although not allowing matches until sunrise is a start). Surely you can do better than point fingers at players. The finger-pointing should be directed entirely at WTA (and ATP). Be a true journalist, Mr. Lloyd, and research them!!mandoist16-09-2024
- Uh-oh.... Now Raducanu is being forced to compete! Let's see who withdraws next... I wonder??mandoist15-09-2024
- And this is such a shock to WTA?? How many times are they (WTA & ATP) going to keep stepping in their own s*** ???mandoist15-09-2024
