Australian women’s No.1 tennis star Ajlatom has been forced out of the Australian Open with a lingering knee injury. AusOpen 7NEWS
Tomljanovic posted the words “I’m sorry” on Twitter with a longer statement confirming her withdrawal attached to the post.
“It absolutely pains me to have to write this message but unfortunately I won’t be able to compete at this year’s Australian Open,” she said in the statement. “I’ve done absolutely everything in my power to get healthy but just ran out of time to heal and be 100 per cent ready to compete at a high level.“It’s no secret that this is my favorite place to play so it hurts to miss out on a great opportunity to play in front of my home crowd and to be surrounded by the incredible love and atmosphere.“To my Aussie fans, I wanna say thank you for always supporting me and cheering me on, I’m gonna miss you guys big time this year.
Tomljanovic, a quarter-finalist at Wimbledon and the US Open last year, was in line for a precious first-time grand slam seeding at her home major until the injury ruined her leading and resulted in her ranking dropping.The Australian was due to play Argentina’s world No.192 Nadia Podoroska first-up but then faced one of either Sofia Kenin or Victoria Azarenka in the second round.
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