by Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan, one of the four heads of the US Open, withdrew from the competition due to an unveiled injury. Rybakina was to face the French qualified Jessika Ponchet in the second round on Thursday, but retired before the match.
“Unfortunately, I have to withdraw from my match today because of my injuries,” Rybakina said in a statement. “I did not want to finish the last grand slam of the year in this way but I have to listen to my body and I hope to be able to close the rest of the year.”
With the absence of Rybakina, Ponchet, who is not classified, now reaches the third round.
Elena Rybakina, seeded n ° 4, withdrew from the US Open 2024 Thursday due to an injury, placing the French qualified Jessika Ponchet in the third round.https: //t.co/rud4Whsj6v
– US Tennis Open (@usopen) August 29, 2024
The US Open now marks the seventh time this year that Rybakina is withdrawing from competition due to illness or injury. Just this summer, the 25 -year -old retired prematurely from a Berlin Gazon Championship match in June and withdrew from the Eastbourne International a week later.
Rybakina returned to play Wimbledon-the competition where she won her only title of the Grand Chelem, in 2022-but lost in the semi-finals against the possible winner Barbora Krejčiková. Rybakina then retired from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games due to acute bronchitis.
As a seeded n ° 4, Rybakina was the first seed of her quarter of the group. In her absence, Anna Kalinskaya, seeded n ° 15, is the best classified player remaining in this section.
